4 Handling of postal voting documents by political campaigners
Elections Act 2022 (2022 c 37) | Legislation

4  Handling of postal voting documents by political campaigners

(1)     RPA 1983 is amended as follows.

(2)     After section 112 insert—

“112A Handling of postal voting documents by political campaigners

(1)     A person who is a political campaigner in respect of a relevant election commits an offence if the person handles a postal voting document that has been issued to another person for use in that election.

(2)     But a person who handles a postal voting document for use in a relevant election does not commit the offence if—

(a)     the person is responsible for, or assists with, the conduct of that election (for example as a returning officer or a person working under the direction of a returning officer),

(b)     the person is engaged in the business of a postal operator, or

(c)     the person is employed or engaged in a role the duties of which include the handling of postal packets on behalf of members of an organisation or the occupants of a communal building,

and the handling is consistent with the person's duties in that capacity.

(3)     Nor does a person commit the offence if the person—

(a)

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