SCHEDULE 3Rules for Conduct of an Election of Councillors of a Principal Area where the Poll is taken together with the Poll at a Relevant Election or Referendum

PART 3Contested Elections

CHAPTER 2Action to be Taken Before the Poll

Return of postal ballot papers29

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 Act41.

2

Rule 45(6) 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.