SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1

Part V Disposal of Documents

Delivery of documents to F1registration officer

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(1)

The returning officer shall then forward to the F2relevant registration officer the following documents—

(a)

the packets of ballot papers in his possession,

(b)

the ballot paper accounts and the statements of rejected ballot papers and of the result of the verification of the ballot paper accounts,

(c)

the tendered votes lists, the lists of F3voters with disabilities assisted by companions, the lists of votes marked by the presiding officer and the related statements, F4the lists maintained under rule 41A, and the declarations made by the companions of F3voters with disabilities,

F5(ca)

the packets of the completed corresponding number lists,

(d)

the packets of F6. . . certificates as to employment on duty on the day of the poll,

(e)

the packets containing marked copies of registers F7(including any marked copy notices issued under section 13B(3B) or (3D) of this Act) and F8of the postal voters list, of lists of proxies and of the proxy postal voters list ,

F9(f)

such other documents relating to elections as are prescribed,

endorsing on each packet a description of its contents, the date of the election to which they relate and the name of the constituency for which the election was held.

F10(1A)

In this rule and in rules 56 and 57 references to the relevant registration officer are to—

(a)

the registration officer of the local authority in whose area the constituency is situated, or

(b)

if the constituency comprises any part of the area of more than one local authority, the registration officer of the local authority in whose area the greater or greatest (as the case may be) number of electors is registered.

F11(1B)

Paragraph (1)(e) does not apply to an election for a constituency in Northern Ireland, but the returning officer shall endorse on each packet containing—

(a)

marked copies of the registers,

(b)

the postal voters list,

(c)

the proxy postal voters list, and

(d)

lists of proxies,

a description of its contents, the date of the election to which it relates and the name of the constituency for which the election was held.

(2)

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(3)

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(4)

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F13(5)

This rule applies in relation to Northern Ireland as if—

(a)

paragraph (1)(c) included a reference to the lists maintained under rule 41B, and

(b)

the reference in paragraph (1B)(a) to marked copies of the registers included any marked copy notices issued under section 13BA(9).