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SCHEDULE 2RULES FOR BID BALLOTS, RENEWAL BALLOTS AND ALTERATION BALLOTS

RULES FOR BALLOTS

Receipt of return ballot papers

13.—(1) A postal ballot paper must not be taken to be duly returned unless it is received by the ballot holder (either by hand or by post) or at any place for delivery specified in the notice of ballot as being a place of delivery before 5pm on the day of the ballot.

(2) On receipt of a returned ballot paper the ballot holder must arrange for it to be kept in a secure receptacle until the votes are counted.

(3) No person other than the ballot holder and his or her clerks may be present at the receipt of the ballot papers, unless permitted by the ballot holder to attend.