Rule 69 Orders for the production of documents: supplemental provisionsI1

Paragraphs (2) and (3) apply where an order is made under rule 68 for the production by a relevant registration officer of a document, in paper or electronic format, in the registration officer’s custody or control relating to an election specified in the order.

The production by the relevant registration officer or the registration officer’s agent of the document in the manner directed by the order is conclusive evidence that the document relates to the specified election.

If a packet of ballot papers with an endorsement on the packet is produced by the relevant registration officer or the registration officer’s agent to comply with the order, the endorsement is prima facie evidence that the ballot papers are what they are stated to be by the endorsement.

Paragraph (5) applies where, to comply with an order under rule 68, a relevant registration officer or a registration officer’s agent has produced—

The production of the ballot paper and the list are prima facie evidence that the elector whose vote was given by that ballot paper was the person whose entry at the time of the election in the register of electors, or on a notice issued under section 13B(3B) or (3D) of the 1983 Act, contained the same number as the number written on the ballot paper.