SCHEDULE 1The Mayoral Elections Rules
PART 4Contested elections
Return of postal ballot papers31
1
Where—
a
a postal vote has been returned in respect of a person who is entered on the postal voters list, or
b
a proxy postal vote has been returned in respect of a proxy who is entered on the proxy postal voters list,
the returning officer must mark the list in the manner prescribed by regulations made under the 1983 Act26.
2
Rule 47(4) does not apply for the purpose of determining whether, for the purposes of this rule, a postal vote or a proxy postal vote is returned.