Time when postal ballot papers are to be issuedS
71.—(1) In the case of a person shown in the record kept under–
(a)paragraph 3(4), or
(b)paragraph 7(6),
of Schedule 4 to the 2000 Act (electors and proxies entitled to vote by post for an indefinite or particular period), no postal ballot paper (and declaration of identity) shall be issued until after 5 p.m. on the eleventh day before the date of the poll (computed in accordance with regulation 56(6) above).
(2) In the case of any other person, the postal ballot paper (and declaration of identity) shall be issued by the returning officer as soon as practicable after [F1the application to vote by post has been granted.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 71(2) substituted (1.8.2002) by Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1872), regs. 2(1), 11
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 71 in force at 16.2.2001, see reg. 1(1)