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The European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004
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- 2004 No. 1267
- SCHEDULE 1
- PART III
- Paragraph 49
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Preliminary proceedings and conduct of the countN.I.
49.—(1) Where the verifying officer has made the ballot papers into packets in accordance with rule 46(9) above, the returning officer shall open all such packets and mix together all the ballot papers received.
(2) The returning officer, while counting and recording the number of ballot papers and counting the votes, shall keep the ballot papers with their faces upwards and take all proper precautions for preventing any person from seeing the numbers printed on the back of the papers.
(3) The returning officer shall so far as practicable proceed continuously with counting the votes, allowing only time for refreshment, except that he may, in so far as he and the agents agree, exclude the hours between 7 in the evening and 9 on the following morning.
For the purposes of this exception the agreement of a candidate or his election agent shall be as effective as the agreement of his counting agents.
(4) During the time so excluded the returning officer shall—
(a)place the ballot papers and other documents relating to the election under his own seal and the seals of such of the counting agents as desire to affix their seals; and
(b)otherwise take proper precautions for the security of the papers and documents.
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