Supplementary provisions if poll adjourned and postponed
14.—(1)  This regulation applies if the poll at a polling station is adjourned and postponed under regulation 12.
(2)  The presiding officer must announce the adjournment and postponement of the poll to persons present at the affected polling station.
(3)  The delivery of ballot papers to voters must stop immediately, but a voter to whom a ballot paper has been delivered must be allowed to record his or her vote.
(4)  The presiding officer must secure the ballot boxes for the affected polling station without opening them by sealing each ballot box with —
(a)the seal of the presiding officer; and
(b)the seals of the candidates and their polling agents who are in attendance and wish to affix their seals,
in a way that the ballot box cannot be opened and nothing can be inserted therein without breaking the seals.
(5)  The presiding officer must secure the voting material for the affected polling station in the presence of the candidates and their polling agents who are in attendance by —
(a)making up the voting material into separate packets; and
(b)sealing each packet with —
(i)the seal of the Returning Officer; and
(ii)the seals of the candidates and their polling agents who wish to affix their seals.
(6)  The presiding officer must deliver the secured ballot boxes and secured voting material to the Returning Officer.
(7)  The Returning Officer must hold the secured ballot boxes and secured voting material in safe custody (whether at the location of the adjourned poll or elsewhere).
(8)  Immediately before the poll resumes —
(a)the Returning Officer must deliver new ballot boxes and the secured voting material to the presiding officer at the location for the resumed poll; and
(b)the presiding officer must, in the presence of the candidates and their polling agents who are in attendance, retrieve the voting material that is necessary for the conduct of the resumed poll.
(9)  The resumed poll must be conducted as nearly as possible in accordance with the Act.
(10)  A person may vote at the resumed poll only if he or she —
(a)is a registered elector;
(b)is entitled to vote at the affected polling station; and
(c)did not vote before the adjournment.
(11)  Until the resumed poll is closed, votes must not be counted at —
(a)the counting place specified in respect of the affected polling station (whether the votes are cast at the affected polling station or elsewhere); and
(b)all other counting places located at the same premises.
(12)  After the resumed poll closes, the Returning Officer must deliver the secured ballot boxes held in safe custody under paragraph (7) to the counting place specified in respect of the affected polling station.
(13)  The Returning Officer must specify a date for counting votes at the counting places mentioned in paragraph (11).
(14)  The date specified under paragraph (13) must be published in the Gazette.