PART VISSUE AND RECEIPT OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS

Receipt of postal ballot papers

Notice of opening of postal ballot paper envelopesI180

1

The returning officer shall give to each candidate not less than 48 hours' notice in writing of each occasion on which a postal voters' ballot box and the envelopes contained in it is to be opened.

2

Such a notice shall specify–

a

the time and place at which such an opening is to take place, and

b

the number of agents a candidate may appoint under regulation 69(1) above to attend each opening.