SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Part III Contested Elections
Action to be Taken Before the Poll
F1Return of postal ballot papers
31A
(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 returning officer must mark the list in the prescribed manner.
F2(1A)
Paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to a vote on a tendered postal ballot paper (see rule 40ZA).
(2)
For the purposes of paragraph (1) above, regulations may prescribe the circumstances in which a postal vote or a proxy postal vote (as the case may be) is or is not to be treated as having been returned.
(3)
Rule 45(1B) and (2) below 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.