Declarations of identity14
For paragraphs (5) to (7) of regulation 85 of the 2001 Regulations (procedure in relation to declarations of identity) substitute—
5
Where—
a
the number (or numbers) on a valid declaration of identity is not the same as the number (or numbers) on the ballot paper envelope, or
b
that envelope has no number on it (or only one number when the declaration of identity has more than one),
the returning officer shall open the envelope.
6
Paragraph (7) below applies where—
a
there is a valid declaration of identity but no ballot paper envelope; or
b
the ballot paper envelope has been opened under regulation 84(3) or paragraph (5) above.
7
In the circumstances described in paragraph (6) above, the returning officer shall place—
a
in the postal ballot box, any ballot paper the number on which is the same as the number (or one of the numbers) on the valid declaration of identity;
b
in the receptacle for rejected votes, any other ballot paper, with the valid declaration of identity attached and marked “provisionally rejected”;
c
in the receptacle for rejected votes, any valid declaration of identity marked “provisionally rejected” where—
i
there is no ballot paper, or
ii
in the case of a declaration on which the number of more than one ballot paper appears, there is not a sufficient number of ballot papers and, in such a case, shall mark the declaration to indicate which ballot paper is missing;
d
in the receptacle for declarations of identity, any valid declaration not disposed of under sub-paragraph (b) or (c) above.