Interpretation of Part 5N.I.
70. For the purposes of this Part of these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“absent voters list” means the list kept under section 7(4) of the 1985 Act;
“agent” includes the election agent and a person appointed to attend in the election agent’s place;
“ballot paper envelope” and “covering envelope” means the envelopes referred to in regulation 78;
“list of postal proxies” means the list kept under section 9(9) of the 1985 Act;
“postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper issued to a postal voter;
“postal voter” means an elector or proxy who is entitled to vote by post;
“postal voters’ ballot box” means the ballot box referred to in regulation 83(1)(a);
“receptacle for ballot paper envelopes”, and other references to specified receptacles, means the receptacles referred to in regulation 83(5);
“spoilt postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper referred to in regulation 81(1);
“universal postal service provider” has the meaning given in the Postal Services Act 2000(1) to a “universal service provider”; and
“valid declaration of identity” means one falling within regulation 87(1).