Return of postal ballot papersU.K.
28.—(1) Rule 33 is modified as follows.
(2) For paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) Where proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers are taken together in respect of combined polls and—
(a)a postal vote has been returned in respect of a person who is entered in the postal voters list, or
(b)a proxy postal vote has been returned in respect of a proxy who is entered in the proxy postal voters list,
the relevant returning or counting officer must mark the list in the manner specified in paragraph 48 of Schedule 2.”
(3) After that paragraph insert—
“(1A) Where proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers are not taken together in respect of combined polls, the reference in paragraph (1) to “the relevant returning or counting officer” is to be read as a reference to “the local returning officer”.”