SCHEDULE 2E+W+SABSENT VOTING

PART 3 E+W+SISSUE AND RECEIPT OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS

Receipt of Postal Ballot PapersE+W+S

Notice of opening of postal ballot paper envelopesE+W+S

42.—(1) The local returning officer shall give to each election agent, or where appointments have been made of a sub-agent, sub-agent 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 the election agent or sub-agent may appoint under paragraph 31(1) to attend each opening.