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70.—[F1(1)] 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;
[F2“left behind postal voting document” has the same meaning as in regulation 84F(1);”;]
“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);
[F2“postal voting document” means a postal ballot paper or declaration of identity;”;]
“receptacle for ballot paper envelopes”, and other references to specified receptacles, means the receptacles referred to in regulation 83(5);
[F2“return of postal voting documents form” has the same meaning as in regulation 84A(2);]
“spoilt postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper referred to in regulation 81(1);
“universal postal service provider” has the meaning given in [F3Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011] to a “universal service provider”; and
“valid declaration of identity” means one falling within regulation 87(1).
[F4(2) In this Part, a reference to a person seeking to hand in a postal voting document is a reference to a person seeking to hand in a covering envelope purporting to contain a postal voting document to the returning officer.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 70 renumbered as reg. 70(1) (26.3.2024) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling etc.) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/319), regs. 1(2), 3(a) (with reg. 1(3))
F2Words in reg. 70(1) inserted (26.3.2024) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling etc.) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/319), regs. 1(2), 3(b) (with reg. 1(3))
F3Words in reg. 70 substituted (1.10.2011) by The Postal Services Act 2011 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2085), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 76
F4Reg. 70(2) inserted (26.3.2024) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling etc.) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/319), regs. 1(2), 3(c) (with reg. 1(3))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 70 applied (with modifications) (26.2.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/219), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 81
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