PART VISSUE AND RECEIPT OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS
Receipt of postal ballot papers
Alternative means of returning postal ballot paper or F3postal voting statementI1C179
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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 F6paragraphs (2A) or (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 F7and any return of postal voting documents form 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.
F52A
A postal ballot paper or postal voting statement may only be delivered to the returning officer in accordance with paragraph (2) if the requirements of regulation 79A are met and the paper and statement are not rejected in accordance with regulation 79B or 79D.
F13
The returning officer may collect, or cause to be collected, any postal ballot paper or F3postal voting statementF8or return of postal voting documents form 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 statementF9or return of postal voting documents form in accordance with paragraph (3) the presiding officer must first make up into separate packets sealed with the presiding officer’s own seal and the seals of such polling agents as are present and desire to affix their seals with a description of its contents written on each packet—
a
the postal ballot papers and postal voting statements;
b
the return of postal voting documents forms for those postal ballot papers and postal voting statements.