386Postponed and adjourned elections

#### 386 Postponed and adjourned elections 386 Postponed and adjourned elections > In the case of an election postponed under section 288 of the Act, adjourned under section 383A of this Regulation or a last day of voting is postponed under section 384 of this Regulation— > > > (a) ballot-papers already printed may be used for the election, even though they show the original date of the election and not the date to which the election has been postponed or adjourned, and > > > (b) the postal ballot-papers issued by the returning officer on or before or after the original date of the election and received by the returning officer up to 6pm on the 13th day, or for a rural and remote council on the 20th day, following the new date of the election are to be produced by the returning officer at the scrutiny and counting of votes, and > > > (c) in the application of this Regulation, the new date of the election is taken to be the election day, and > > > (d) the ballot-papers of electors who have voted at a pre-poll voting office or at a declared institution before the original date of the election are to be produced by the returning officer at the scrutiny and counting of votes. > > **s 386:** Am 2025 (228), Sch 1\[2\].