Amendment of form of statement as to postal ballot papers49

1

In Schedule 3, in Form K in the first column—

a

in entry 2, for “and regulation 78 (lost or not received)” substitute “, regulation 78 (lost or not received) and regulation 78A (cancelled due to change of address).”;

b

after entry 4 (total number of postal ballot papers issued) insert—

5

Total number of postal ballot papers cancelled under regulation 78A.

c

omit entry 15 (number of postal voting statements not subject to verification procedure rejected as not completed).

2

In consequence of the amendments made by paragraph (1)—

a

re-number the existing entries 5 to 14 as 6 to 15 respectively;

b

in entry 14 (as renumbered) for “5 to 12” substitute “6 to 13”;

c

in entry 19 (number of cases in which a covering envelope or its contents were marked “Rejected”) after “78” insert “, 78A”, and for “2, 3, 7, 8 and 9” substitute “2, 3, 5, 8, 9 and 10”.