SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Absent voting in PCC elections
PART 3Issue and receipt of ballot papers
Receipt of postal ballot papers etc
Receipt of covering envelope
46.
(1)
The local returning officer must, immediately on receipt (whether by hand or by post) of a covering envelope (or an envelope which is stated to include a postal vote) before the close of the poll, place it unopened in a postal voters' ballot box.
(2)
Where an envelope, other than a covering envelope issued by the local returning officer—
(a)
has been opened, and
(b)
contains a ballot paper envelope, postal voting statement or ballot paper,
the first-mentioned envelope, together with its contents, must be placed in a postal voters' ballot box.