SCHEDULE 3E+WTHE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT REFERENDUMS RULES

PART 4E+WAction to be Taken Before the Poll

Return of postal ballot papersE+W

20.—(1) Where—

(a)a postal vote has been returned in respect of a person who is entered on the postal voters list; or

(b)a proxy postal vote has been returned in respect of a proxy who is entered on the proxy postal voters list,

the counting officer must mark the list in the manner prescribed by regulations made under the 1983 Act F1.

(2) Rule 36(3) does not apply for the purpose of determining whether, for the purposes of this rule, a postal vote or a proxy postal vote is returned.