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Paragraph 1 Interpretation

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For the purposes of this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires–

  • “agent” includes an election agent and a person appointed to attend in the election agent’s place;

  • “ballot paper envelope” and “covering envelope” mean the envelopes referred to in paragraph 9 below;

  • “issue” includes the original and any subsequent issue;

  • “list of postal proxies” means the list kept under article 11(9);

  • “postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper issued to a postal voter;

  • “postal voter” means a voter who is entitled to vote by post (and includes a postal proxy);

  • “postal voters' ballot box” means the ballot box referred to in paragraph 11 below;

  • “receptacle for ballot paper envelopes” and “receptacle for declarations of identity” mean the receptacles referred to in paragraph 16(4) below;

  • “receptacle for postal ballot papers” means the receptacle referred to in paragraph 15(4) below;

  • “receptacle for rejected votes” means the receptacle referred to in paragraph 16(2) below; and

  • “spoilt postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper referred to in paragraph 13(1) below.