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Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001
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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001 No. 400
Notice of opening of postal ballot paper envelopes
77.—(1) The returning officer shall give to each candidate not less than 48 hours' notice in writing of each occasion on which a postal voters' ballot box and the envelopes contained in it is to be opened.
(2) Such a notice shall specify—
(a)the time and place at which such an opening is to take place, and
(b)the number of agents a candidate may appoint under regulation 68(1) above to attend each opening.
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