Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001

[F1 Rejection of postal voting documents handed in to the returning officer S

82B.— (1) The authorised person must reject—

(a) all postal voting documents handed in by P in accordance with regulation 79(1)(b) where P fails to fully complete the return of postal voting documents form with the required information;

(b) all postal voting documents handed in by P in accordance with regulation 79(1)(b) other than P’s own postal voting documents where the authorised person has reasonable cause to suspect that the documents are handed in on behalf of more than five other electors;

(c) a postal voting document handed in by P or all postal voting documents handed in together by P in accordance with regulation 79(1)(b) (other than P’s own postal voting documents) where the authorised person has reasonable cause to suspect that, taking that document or those documents together with any postal voting documents handed in by P on any previous occasion in respect of the same election (whether to a polling station or to the returning officer and disregarding any that were rejected), P has handed in postal voting documents on behalf of more than five other electors.

(2) Where P hands in one or more proxy postal ballot papers completed by P as proxy for another elector, for “five” in paragraphs (1)(b) and (c), substitute the number that is five minus the number of proxy postal ballot papers P hands in.

(3) The authorised person may reject a postal voting document handed in by P where the authorised person knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that, in handing in the document, P is committing an offence under section 112A of the 1983 Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Regs. 82A-82E inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), reg. 3(8)