125A

Saving of ballot papers not in declaration envelopes

In force

(1)

This section applies if—

(a)

the commission or the returning officer for an electoral district receives an envelope (an outer envelope) containing a ballot paper and a declaration envelope; but

(b)

the ballot paper is not in the declaration envelope.

(2)

Members of the commission’s staff must—

(a)

examine the contents of the outer envelope under section 125 to determine whether the ballot paper in the outer envelope is to be accepted for counting; and

(b)

deal with the ballot paper in the outer envelope under section 125 as if the ballot paper had been in the declaration envelope.

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