
Print Options
PrintThe Whole
Act
PrintThe Whole
Part
PrintThe Whole
Cross Heading
PrintThis
Section
only
Changes over time for: Section 45


Timeline of Changes
This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.
Status:
Point in time view as at 01/01/2007.
Changes to legislation:
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Electoral Administration Act 2006, Section 45.

Changes to Legislation
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.
45Marked postal voters listU.K.
This section has no associated Explanatory Notes
(1)Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act (parliamentary elections rules) is amended as follows.
(2)After rule 31 (notification of requirement of secrecy) insert—
“31A“Return of postal ballot papers
(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.
(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.”
(3)In rule 55 (delivery of documents after poll)—
(a)in paragraph (1)(e) for “of lists of proxies” substitute “ of the postal voters list, of lists of proxies and of the proxy postal voters list ”;
(b)after paragraph (1)(e) insert—
“(f)such other documents relating to elections as are prescribed,”.
Back to top