Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Rules for conduct of the referendum

PART 1 U.K. Referendum rules

Action to be taken before the poll U.K.

Return of postal ballot papers U.K.

20 (1) Where— U.K.

(a) a postal vote has been returned in respect of a person who is entered in the postal voters list, or

(b) a proxy postal vote has been returned in respect of a proxy who is entered in the proxy postal voters list,

the counting officer must mark the list in the manner prescribed by the relevant postal voting provisions.

(2) Rule 40 (3) and (4) 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.