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Section : Informal votes
Domain : Human Resource Management
Classification : Not Identified

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(a) the ballot paper does not bear:
(i) the initials of the protected action ballot agent; or
(ii) a facsimile of the agent's initials; or
(b) the ballot paper is marked in a way that allows the employee to be identified; or
(c) the ballot paper is not marked in a way that makes it clear how the employee meant to vote; or
(d) a direction under regulation 3.14 that was to be followed by an employee entitled to vote in the ballot has not been complied with.

(5) However, a vote is not informal because of paragraph (4) (a) if the protected action ballot agent is satisfied that the ballot paper is authentic.
(6) If the protected action ballot agent is informed by a scrutineer that the scrutineer objects to a ballot paper being admitted as formal, or rejected as informal, the agent must:

(a) decide whether the ballot paper is to be admitted as formal or rejected as informal; and