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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/schedule-3/paragraph-33",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1917",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/33",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Return of postal ballot papers",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) a postal vote has been returned in respect of a person who is entered in the postal voters list, or\n(b) a proxy postal vote has been returned in respect of a proxy who is entered in the proxy postal voters list,\nthe local returning officer must mark the list in the manner specified in paragraph 48 of Schedule 2.\n(2) Rule 49(2) does not apply for the purpose of determining whether, for the purposes of this rule, a postal vote or a proxy postal vote is returned.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1917/schedule/3/paragraph/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:24:32.209917+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}