PART VISSUE AND RECEIPT OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS
Receipt of postal ballot papers
Alternative means of returning postal ballot paper or F3postal voting statementI1C179
1
For the purposes of rule 45(1B) of the elections rules–
a
the manner in which a postal ballot paper or F3postal voting statement may be returned to a polling station in the same constituency, is by hand;
b
the manner in which such a paper or F4statement may be returned to the returning officer is by post or by hand.
2
F2Subject to paragraph (3), the presiding officer of the polling station shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, any postal ballot paper or F3postal voting statement returned to that station to the returning officer in the same manner and at the same time as he delivers, or causes to be delivered, the packets referred to in rule 43(1) of the elections rules.
F13
The returning officer may collect, or cause to be collected, any postal ballot paper or F3postal voting statement which by virtue of paragraph (2) the presiding officer of a polling station would otherwise be required to deliver or cause to be delivered to him.
4
Where the returning officer collects, or causes to be collected, any postal ballot paper or F3postal voting statement in accordance with paragraph (3) the presiding officer shall first make it (or them) up into a packet (or packets) sealed with his own seal and the seals of such polling agents as are present and desire to affix their seals.