PART 3CONDUCT

CHAPTER 3The Petition

Procedure on close of petitionI137

1

As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the signing period, the petition clerk must, in the presence of another person appointed by the petition officer, make up into separate packets, sealed with his own seal, the following documents which are located at the petition signing place at the end of the signing period—

a

the signing sheets delivered during the signing period which were placed in and subsequently retrieved from the ballot box as part of the daily verification procedure;

b

unused and spoilt signing sheets placed together;

c

the tendered signing sheets;

d

the marked copies of the register (including any marked copy notices issued under section 13BC(6) of the 1983 Act) and copies of the list of proxies marked in accordance with these Regulations;

e

the lists prepared under regulation 11 (corresponding number lists), including the parts which were completed in accordance with regulation 27(1)(b) or regulation 28(1)(b) (the “completed corresponding number lists”);

f

the certificates as to employment on duty during the signing period.

2

The petition clerk must record the number of signing sheets issued by the petition officer for that petition signing place together with a record of those sheets delivered by the petition clerk under these Regulations for the purpose of signing the petition including any spoilt and tendered signing sheets (“final signing sheet account”).

3

The packets referred to in paragraph (1), together with the daily signing sheet accounts and the final signing sheet account, must be delivered by the petition clerk or caused to be delivered to the petition officer; but if the packets are not delivered by the petition clerk personally to the petition officer, the arrangements for their delivery require the petition officer’s approval.

4

The marked copies of the register and of the list of proxies must be in one packet but must not be in the same packet as the completed corresponding number lists or the certificates as to employment on duty during the signing period.

5

Where the petition officer has received any signing sheets or other materials by virtue of regulation 33(2)(b) or (4) during the signing period, that officer must as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the signing period, for each petition signing place, make up into separate packets, sealed with their own seal, the following documents—

a

the signing sheets delivered during the signing period which were placed in and subsequently retrieved from the ballot box as part of the daily verification procedure;

b

the spoilt signing sheets;

c

the tendered signing sheets.