Regulation 82A Postal voting documents handed in to the returning officerF1

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a person acting under the authority of the returning officer (“the authorised person”) must deliver to the returning officer—

(a)

any postal voting document handed in under regulation 79(1)(b) before the close of the poll, and

(b)

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

(2)

A postal voting document may only be delivered to the returning officer in accordance with paragraph (1) if the requirements of regulation 79A are met and the document is not rejected in accordance with regulation 82B or 82D.

(3)

Before delivering them to the returning officer in accordance with paragraph (1), the authorised person 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 voting documents;

(b)

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

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Regs. 82A-82E 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. 3(8)