5 Handing in postal voting documents
Elections Act 2022 (2022 c 37) | Legislation

5  Handing in postal voting documents

(1)     RPA 1983 is amended as follows.

(2)     Schedule 1 (Parliamentary elections rules) is amended in accordance with subsections (3) and (4).

(3)     In rule 32 (admission to polling station), in paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba)     where regulations under rule 45(1B)(a) or (b) provide that a postal ballot paper or postal voting statement may be returned by hand to a polling station, persons aged 18 or over returning such a document by hand;”.

(4)     In rule 45 (the count)—

(a)     in paragraph (1B)—

(i)     omit “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (c);

(ii)     insert “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (d);

(iii)     after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

“(e)     where regulations contain provision made by virtue of paragraph 12ZA of Schedule 2 (handing in postal voting documents), the postal ballot paper is not one that falls to be rejected in accordance with that provision.”;

(b)     in paragraph (2)—

(i)     for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)     it is returned in the prescribed manner, accompanied by the declaration of identity duly signed and authenticated, and reaches the returning officer before the close of the poll,”;

(ii)     insert “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (b);

(iii)     after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

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