Regulation 102A Postal petition documents handed in to the petition officerF1

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the relevant officer must deliver to the petition officer—

(a)

any postal petition document handed in under regulation 99(1)(a)(ii) or (b) before the end of the signing period, and

(b)

the return of postal petition documents form completed in respect of it.

(2)

A postal petition document may only be delivered to the petition officer in accordance with paragraph (1) if the requirements of regulation 99A are met and the document is not rejected in accordance with regulation 102B or 102D.

(3)

Before delivering them to the petition officer in accordance with paragraph (1), the relevant officer must first make up into separate packets with a description of its contents written on each packet which is then sealed up—

(a)

the postal petition documents;

(b)

the return of postal petition documents forms for those postal petition documents.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Regs. 102A-102E inserted (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(10)