Regulation 102 Receipt of covering envelopesI1

United Kingdom

(1)

The petition officer must, immediately on receipt F1by post of a covering envelope (or an envelope which is stated to include a postal signing sheet) before the end of the signing period, place it unopened in a postal signers’ ballot box.

(2)

Where an envelope, other than a covering envelope issued by the petition officer—

(a)

has been opened, and

(b)

contains a signing sheet envelope, postal petition statement or declaration of identity (as the case may be), or signing sheet,

the first-mentioned envelope, together with its contents, must be placed in a postal signers’ ballot box.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 102 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), reg. 10(9)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 102 in force at 4.3.2016, see reg. 1