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–

  • F1...

  • “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;

  • F2...

  • “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

  • F3“valid postal voting statement” means a postal voting statement which, in accordance with regulation 85 or 85A, the returning officer is satisfied has been duly completed.