The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007 No. 236

SCHEDULE 5 Assembly election rules

PART 3 Contested elections

Action to be taken before the poll

Return of postal ballot papers

40.—(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 constituency returning officer must mark the appropriate list accordingly.

(2) Rule 55(6) does not apply for the purposes of determining whether, for the purposes of this paragraph, a postal vote or a proxy postal vote is returned.