Paragraph 5 Persons entitled to be present at proceedings on receipt of postal ballot papersI1

England and Wales

(1)

Subject to paragraph 6, without prejudice to the provisions of section 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D or 6E of the 2000 Political Parties Act, only the following persons may be present at the proceedings on the receipt of postal ballot papers—

(a)

the returning officer and returning officer’s staff,

(b)

an individual candidate,

(c)

a party list candidate,

(d)

an election agent or any person appointed by—

(i)

an individual candidate to attend in the place of the candidate’s election agent, or

(ii)

the election agent of a registered political party standing nominated, or any person appointed by the registered nominating officer of that party to attend in the place of that party’s election agent, or

(e)

any agents appointed under paragraph 6.

(2)

The returning officer must be the relevant officer for the purposes of section 6E of the 2000 Political Parties Act.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)