PART VISSUE AND RECEIPT OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS

Interpretation of Part VI164

For the purposes of this Part of these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–

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  • “agent” includes the election agent and a person appointed to attend in the election agent’s place;

  • “ballot paper envelope” and “covering envelope” mean the envelopes referred to in regulation 74 below;

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  • “postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper issued to a postal voter;

  • “postal voter” means an elector or proxy who is entitled to vote by post;

  • “postal voters' ballot box” means the ballot box referred to in regulation 81(1)(a) above;

  • “receptacle for ballot paper envelopes”, and other references to specified receptacles, means the receptacles referred to in regulation 81(5) below;

  • “spoilt postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper referred to in regulation 77(1) below;

  • “universal postal service provider” has the meaning given in the Postal Services Act 200040 to a “universal service provider”; and

  • “valid F1postal voting statement” means one falling within regulation 85(1) below.