Sealing of packetsU.K.
57.—(1) As soon as practicable after the completion of the procedure under paragraph 56(3) and (4), the local returning officer must make up into separate packets the contents of—
(a)the receptacle of rejected votes,
F1(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)the receptacle of rejected ballot paper envelopes,
(d)the lists of [F2spoilt, lost and cancelled] postal ballot papers,
(e)the receptacle of rejected votes (verification procedure), and
(f)the receptacle of postal voting statements (verification procedure),
and must seal up such packets.
(2) Any document in those packets marked “provisionally rejected” is to be deemed to be marked “rejected”.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 para. 57(1)(b) omitted (6.4.2014) by virtue of The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/921), arts. 1(5), 27(a) (with art. 1(5))
F2Words in Sch. 2 para. 57(1)(d) substituted (6.4.2014) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/921), arts. 1(5), 27(b) (with art. 1(5))