SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Absent voting in PCC elections

PART 3 U.K. Issue and receipt of ballot papers

U.K.

Receipt of postal ballot papers etc U.K.

Notice of opening of postal ballot paper envelopes U.K.

44.—(1) The local returning officer must 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 must 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 paragraph 33 to attend each opening.