Procedure on issue of postal ballot paperE+W
72.—F1(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) The number of the elector as stated in the register shall be marked on the [F2corresponding number list, next to the number and unique identifying mark of the ballot paper issued to that elector].
(3) A mark shall be placed in the [F3postal voters list] or the [F4proxy postal voters list] against the number of the elector to denote that a ballot paper has been issued to the elector or his proxy, but without showing the particular ballot paper issued.
(4) The number of a postal ballot paper shall be marked on the [F5postal voting statement] sent with that paper.
(5) Where postal ballot papers for more than one election are issued together under regulation 65 above—
(a)one mark shall be placed in the [F3postal voters list] or the [F6proxy postal voters list] under paragraph (3) above to denote that ballot papers have been issued in respect of all those elections; except that, where ballot papers are not so issued, a different mark shall be placed in the [F3postal voters list] or [F6proxy postal voters list] to identify the election in respect of which the ballot paper was issued; and
(b)the number of each ballot paper shall be marked on the [F5postal voting statement] under paragraph (4) above.
(6) Where the poll at one election is taken with the poll at another election (under the provisions referred to in regulation 65 above) but not the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers, the colour of the postal ballot paper shall also be marked on the [F5postal voting statement] sent with that paper.
[F7(7) [F8Subject to paragraph (8),] the address to which the postal ballot paper, [F5postal voting statement] and the envelopes referred to in regulation 74 below are to be sent is—
(a)in the case of an elector, the address shown in the [F3postal voters list];
(b)in the case of a proxy, the address shown in the [F9proxy postal voters list].]
[F10(8) Where a person has an anonymous entry in the register, the items specified in paragraph (7) must be sent (as the case may be) to the address to which postal ballot papers should be sent—
(a)as shown in the record kept under paragraph 3(4) or 7(6) of Schedule 4, or
(b)as given in pursuance of an application made under paragraph 4(1) or 7(4)(b) of Schedule 4.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 72(1) omitted (1.1.2007) by virtue of The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 30(1) (with reg. 1(2)(3)(a))
F2Words in reg. 72(2) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 30(1) (with reg. 1(2)(3)(a))
F3Words in reg. 72 substituted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 49(4) (with reg. 1(2)(3)(d))
F4Words in reg. 72(3) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 49(1)(2)(a) (with reg. 1(2)(3)(d))
F5Words in Regulation substituted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 65(a) (with reg. 1(2)(3)(e))
F6Words in reg. 72(5)(a) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 49(1)(2)(a) (with reg. 1(2)(3)(d))
F7Reg. 72(7) inserted (1.8.2002) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1871), regs. 2(1), 12
F8Words in reg. 72(7) inserted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 21(2)
F9Words in reg. 72(7)(b) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 49(3) (with reg. 1(2)(3)(d))
F10Reg. 72(8) inserted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 21(3)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 72 in force at 16.2.2001, see reg. 1(1)