PART 5ISSUE AND RECEIPT OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS

Receipt of Postal Ballot Papers

Notice of opening of postal ballot paper envelopesC182

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 are 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 73(1) to attend each opening.