Paragraph 14 Receipt of covering envelope

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 4 para. 10(1) words substituted by Postal Services Act 2000 (Consequential Modifications No. 1) 2001 Sch. 1 para. 131(9)
Sch. 4 para. 10(1) words revoked by Postal Services Act 2000 (Consequential Modifications No. 1) 2001 Sch. 2
Sch 4, para 1 defn(s) added by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 arts 3, 20(1), (2)(a)
Sch 4, para 1 defn(s) am by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 arts 3, 20(1), (2)(b)
Sch 4, para 3A added by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 arts 3, 20(1), (3)
Sch 4, para 4 rev in pt by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 arts 3, 20(1), (4)(a)(i), (iii), (b)
Sch 4, para 4 am by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 arts 3, 20(1), (4)(a)(ii)
Sch 4, para 6 subst by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 arts 3, 20(1), (5)
Sch 4, para 10 subst by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 arts 3, 20(1), (6)
Sch 4, para 11 rev by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 arts 3, 20(1), (7)
Sch 4, para 12 subst by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 arts 3, 20(1), (8)
Sch 4, para 13 rev in pt by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 arts 3, 20(1), (9)(a), (e)(ii)
Sch 4, para 13 am by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 arts 3, 20(1), (9)(a)–(d), (e)(i), (f)
Sch 4, para 13A added by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 arts 3, 20(1), (10)
Sch 4, para 14 rev by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 arts 3, 20(1), (11)
Sch 4, paras 15–20 replaced (by paras 15–26) by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 arts 3, 20(1), (12)

The constituency returning officer shall, immediately on receipt (whether by hand or by post) of a covering envelope before the close of the poll, place it unopened in a postal voters' ballot box sealed in accordance with paragraph 11 above.