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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Local Elections (Communities) (Wales) Rules 2021, Paragraph 64.
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64.—(1) Paragraphs (2) and (3) apply where an order is made under rule 63 for the production by a registration officer of a document in the registration officer’s custody relating to an election specified in the order.
(2) The production by the registration officer or the registration officer’s agent of the document in the manner directed by the order is conclusive evidence that the document relates to the specified election.
(3) If a packet of ballot papers with an endorsement on the packet is produced by the registration officer or the registration officer’s agent to comply with the order, the endorsement is prima facie evidence that the ballot papers are what they are stated to be by the endorsement.
(4) Paragraph (5) applies where, to comply with an order under rule 63, a registration officer or a registration officer’s agent has produced—
(a)a ballot paper purporting to have been used at an election, and
(b)a completed corresponding number list in use at the election, with a number marked in writing beside the number of that ballot paper on the list.
(5) The production of the ballot paper and the list are prima facie evidence that the elector whose vote was given by that ballot paper was the person whose entry at the time of the election in the register of electors, or on a notice issued under section 13B(3B) or (3D) of the 1983 Act, contained the same number as the number written on the ballot paper.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 rule 64 in force at 17.12.2021, see rule 1
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