97Dealing with certain votes for absent voters

97 Dealing with certain votes for absent voters (1) This section applies if the officer in charge of a scrutiny centre finds an unenclosed absent ballot paper in a ballot box at a voting centre. (2) The officer must not reject the ballot paper from scrutiny merely because it is unenclosed.

Electoral Act 2004 54 (a) place the ballot paper in an envelope bearing the name of the division and the name of the voting centre; and (b) send it to the Commission or the authorised officer directed by absent ballot paper means a ballot paper issued under Part 6, Division 3, Subdivision 1 or Part 6, Division 5, Subdivision 2. unenclosed, for an absent ballot paper, means the ballot paper is not contained in an envelope bearing the name of the division stated on the ballot paper.