The European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004

Interpretation of Part II

15.  For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

“agent” includes the election agent and a person appointed to attend in the election agent’s place;

“ballot paper envelope” and “covering envelope” mean the envelopes referred to in paragraph 23 below;

“list of postal proxies” means the list kept under regulation 11(8);

“postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper issued to a postal voter;

“postal voter” means an elector or proxy who is entitled to vote by post;

“postal voters' ballot box” means the ballot box referred to in paragraph 28(1)(a) below;

“receptacle for ballot paper envelopes”, and other references to specified receptacles, means the receptacles referred to in paragraph 28(5) below;

“spoilt postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper referred to in paragraph 26(1) below;

“universal postal service provider” has the meaning given in the Postal Services Act 2000(1) to a “universal service provider”; and

“valid declaration of identity” means one falling within paragraph 32(1) below.

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2000 c. 26.