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42.—(1) Rule 52 is modified as follows.
(2) Before paragraph (1) substitute—
“(A1) Where the local returning officer is the relevant returning or counting officer, the officer must—
(a)on completion of the proceedings under rule 49, and
(b)if applicable, on receipt of the containers referred to in rule 50,
proceed to count the votes in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) to (7).”
(3) After paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) Where the local returning officer is not the relevant returning or counting officer, the officer must, on receipt of the containers containing the ballot papers from the relevant returning or counting officer—
(a)open in the presence of the counting agents all the packets of ballot papers other than those containing unused, spoilt or tendered ballot papers,
(b)where the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers for the PCC election and each relevant election or referendum are not taken together, count the postal ballot papers that have been duly returned for the PCC election and record the number counted, and
(c)proceed to count the votes in accordance with paragraphs (1B), (1C) and (2) to (7).
(1B) For the purposes of paragraph (1A)(b), a postal ballot paper is not to be taken to be duly returned unless—
(a)it is returned in the manner specified in paragraph 43(1) or (2) of Schedule 2 and, before the close of the poll, it reached the local returning officer or a polling station in the appropriate area (as defined in paragraph (1C)),
(b)the postal voting statement, duly signed, is also returned in the manner specified in paragraph 43(1) or (2) of Schedule 2 and, before the close of the poll, it reached the local returning officer or a polling station in the appropriate area,
(c)the postal voting statement also states the date of birth of the elector or proxy (as the case may be), and
(d)in a case where an elector’s or proxy’s date of birth and signature are to be verified in accordance with paragraph 51 or 52 of Schedule 2, the local returning officer verifies the date of birth and signature of the elector or proxy (as the case may be).
(1C) The “appropriate area” in respect of any voter is the area—
(a)which is common to the parliamentary constituency, electoral area, local counting area, local authority area or voting area (as the case may be) in which the polls at the PCC election and any relevant election or referendum are being taken together, and
(b)in respect of which polls the voter has been issued with a ballot paper.”
(4) In paragraph (5), after “while” insert “counting and recording the number of postal ballot papers and”.
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