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The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985
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Opening of postal voters' ballot box
14.—(1) Each postal voters' ballot box shall be opened by the returning officer in the presence of the agents.
(2) So long as the returning officer ensures that there is at least one postal voters' ballot box for the reception of covering envelopes up to the time of the close of the poll, the other postal voters' ballot boxes may previously be opened by him.
(3) The returning officer shall give each candidate at least forty-eight hours' notice in writing of the time and place of his opening of each postal voters' ballot box and the envelopes contained therein and of the number of agents the candidates may appoint under paragraph 3(2) to be present at each opening.
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