38.—(1) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) prescribe the envelopes which must be issued to a postal voter in addition to the ballot paper and postal voting statement (which are issued under rule 25 of the PCC elections rules).
(2) There must be issued an envelope for the return of the postal ballot paper or, as the case may be, ballot papers and the postal voting statement (referred to as a “covering envelope”) which is to be marked with the letter “B”.
(3) There must also be issued a smaller envelope (referred to as a “ballot paper envelope”) which is to be marked with—
(a)the letter “A”,
(b)the words “ballot paper envelope”, and
(c)unless the envelope has a window through which the number on the ballot paper (or ballot papers) can be displayed, the number of the ballot paper or, as the case may be, ballot papers.
(4) Sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) apply where—
(a)by virtue of provisions applied by article 13, the poll at a PCC election is taken together with the polls at an another election or local referendum, but
(b)the proceedings on the issue and receipt of ballot papers are not taken together under paragraph 29.
(5) The envelopes referred to in sub-paragraph (2) must also be marked “Covering envelope for the [insert colour of ballot paper] coloured ballot paper”.
(6) On the envelopes referred to in in sub-paragraph (3), after the words “Ballot paper envelope”, the words “for the [insert colour of ballot paper] coloured ballot paper”.