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Paragraph 27(2)

Form 8 - Form of certificate of employment

Referendum on the voting system for United Kingdom parliamentary elections

[insert name of voting area]

I certify that (name) ..................... who is numbered ................... in the register of electors

cannot reasonably be expected to go in person to the polling station allotted to him or her

in the referendum on (date of poll) ..................... by reason of the particular

circumstances of his or her employment on that date for a purpose connected with the

referendum *as a constable / *by me.

*Delete whichever is inappropriate.

Signature .................................................

*Counting officer / police officer (inspector or above)

Date ....................................

Note: The person named above is entitled to vote at any polling station in the voting area

specified above on production and surrender of this certificate to the presiding officer.

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Paragraph 34(1)

Form 9 - Form of declaration to be made by the companion of a voter with

disabilities

I, ................................................................................................... (name of companion)

of .................................................................................................. (address of companion)

having been requested to assist ..................................................... (name of voter)

[in the case of a person with disabilities voting as proxy, add

voting as proxy for ........................................................................ (name of elector)]

whose name on the register is .................................................. to record their vote at the

[referendum]* [and]* [National Assembly for Wales elections]* being held in this [voting

area]*/ [constituency]*

hereby declare that

(a)	[I am entitled to vote as an elector at the said [referendum]* [and]* [election]*,]*

(b)	[I am the #.................................. of the said voter and have attained the age of 18

years,]* and

(c)	I have not previously assisted any voter with disabilities [except ..........................

(name of other elector), of .......................... (address of other elector)], to vote at

the said [referendum]* [or]* [election]*]*.

#State the relationship of the companion to the voter.

*Delete as appropriate.

(Signed) .......................................... (companion)

Date ................................................

I, the undersigned, being the presiding officer for the .............. polling station for ..............

the [insert name of voting area] hereby certify that the above declaration, having been first

read to the above-named declarant, was signed by the declarant in my presence.

(Signed)..........................................

Date ...............................................

Time ........................................ (am/pm)

NOTE: (1) If the person making the above declaration knowingly and wilfully makes

therein a statement false in a material particular, he or she will be guilty of an offence.

(2) A voter with disabilities is a voter who has made a declaration that he or she is so

incapacitated by blindness or other disability, or by an inability to read, as to be unable to

vote without assistance.

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Form 10 - Statement as to postal ballot papers for the referendum

Referendum on the voting system for United Kingdom parliamentary elections

Voting area .....................

Date of poll ...................

	A. Issue of postal ballot papers	Number for voting area
	1. Total number of postal ballot papers issued under
	paragraph 8 of Schedule 3.
	2. Total number of postal ballot papers issued under
	paragraphs 14 (spoilt and returned for cancellation) and 15
	(lost and not received) of Schedule 3.
	3. Total number of postal ballot papers cancelled under
	paragraph 26 of Schedule 3 (where the first ballot paper was
	cancelled and retrieved).
	4. Total number of postal ballot papers issued (1+2+3).

	B.(1) Receipt of ballot papers and replacements	Number for voting area
	5. Number of covering envelopes received by the counting
	officer or at a polling station before the close of poll
	(excluding any undelivered or returned under paragraphs 14
	(spoilt), 15 (lost) and 26 (cancelled ballot papers) of
	Schedule 3).
	6. Number of covering envelopes received by the counting
	officer after the close of poll, excluding any returned as
	undelivered.
	7. Number of postal ballot papers returned spoilt for
	cancellation in time for another ballot paper to be issued.
	8. Number of postal ballot papers identified as lost or not
	received in time for another ballot paper to be issued.
	9. Number of ballot papers cancelled and retrieved in time for
	another ballot paper to be issued.
	10. Number of postal ballot papers returned as spoilt too late
	for another ballot paper to be issued.
	11. Number of covering envelopes returned as undelivered (up
	to the date of this statement).
	12. Number of covering envelopes not received by the
	counting officer by the date of this statement.
	13. Total numbers 5 to 12 (This number should be the same as
	that in 4 above).

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	B.(2) Receipt of postal ballot papers - postal voting statements	Number for voting area
	14. Number of covering envelopes set aside for the
	verification of personal identifiers on postal voting statements.
	15. Number of postal voting statements not subject to
	verification procedure rejected as not completed (excluding
	rior cancellations).
	16. Number of postal voting statements subject to verification
	procedure rejected as not completed (excluding prior
	cancellations).
	17. Number of postal voting statements rejected following
	verification procedures due to personal identifiers on the
	postal voting statement not matching those in the personal
	identifiers record (excluding prior cancellations).

	C. Count of postal ballot papers	Number for voting area
	18. Number of ballot papers returned by postal voters which
	were included in the count of ballot papers.
	19. Number of cases in which a covering envelope or its
	contents were marked “rejected” (cancellations under
	paragraphs 14, 15 and 26 of Schedule 3 are not rejections and
	should be included in items 2, 3, 7, 8 and 9 above).

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	Date ...........................................................	Signed.......................................
		Counting Officer
	Address ................................................................................................................................
	..............................................................................................................................................
	NOTE
	The references to Schedule 3 are references to Schedule 3 to the National Assembly for
	Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007 as applied by the Parliamentary Voting
	System and Constituencies act 2010.’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

NS4

To move the following Schedule:—

‘Combination of polls: Scotland

Part 1

Provision about combination

General provisions

Interpretation

1	The polls to be taken together under section [Combination of polls](3) are

referred to in this Schedule as “combined polls”.

2	In this Schedule—

“the 2007 Order” means the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007

(S.I. 2007/937);

“constituency ballot paper” means a ballot paper for the poll for electing a

constituency member in a Scottish parliamentary election;

“constituency returning officer” is to be construed in accordance with

Article 15 of Schedule 4 to the 2007 Order;

“counting agent” means a counting agent for the referendum or a counting

agent for a Scottish parliamentary election (except where one or other is

specified);

“regional ballot paper” means a ballot paper for the poll for electing a

regional member in a Scottish parliamentary election;

“referendum ballot paper” means a ballot paper for the referendum;

“regional returning officer” has the meaning given by section 12(6) of the

Scotland Act 1998;

“returning officer” means a person who is a constituency returning officer

or a regional returning officer (unless one or other is specified);

“Scottish parliamentary election” means an election in a constituency held

under section 2 of the Scotland Act 1998 (comprising the poll for electing

a constituency member and the poll for electing regional members);

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“Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules” means the rules set out in Schedule

2 to the 2007 Order.

Cost of combined polls

3	The cost of taking the combined polls (excluding any cost solely attributable

to the referendum or the Scottish parliamentary election), and any cost

attributable to their combination, is to be apportioned equally between—

(a)	the referendum, and

(b)	the Scottish parliamentary election.

4    (1)

In section 29 of the 1983 Act (payments by and to returning officer) as it has

effect for the purposes of a Scottish parliamentary election by virtue of Article

19 of the 2007 Order, subsections (3) to (9) apply—

(a)	as if a reference to a returning officer included a reference to a

counting officer carrying out functions that, but for this Schedule,

would be exercisable by a returning officer (“transferred functions”),

and

(b)	as if, in relation to that counting officer, a reference to services or

expenses were to services rendered or expenses incurred in respect of

transferred functions.

(2)	An order under subsection (3)(b) of that section (as it has effect as mentioned

above) may include special provision for services rendered or expenses

incurred by a counting officer in respect of transferred functions.

(3)	Article 20 of the 2007 Order (taxation of returning officer’s accounts) applies

as if a reference to a returning officer included a reference to a counting officer

carrying out transferred functions.

Forms

5	Forms 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9 in Part 3 of this Schedule are “relevant forms” for the

purposes of rule 9A of the referendum rules.

Action to be taken before poll

Corresponding number lists

6    (1)

This paragraph applies where proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal

ballot papers are taken together by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the

2007 Order.

(2)	The function of the constituency returning officer under rule 29 of the Scottish

Parliamentary Election Rules is to be carried out by the counting officer.

(3)	If the counting officer thinks fit, the lists prepared under rule 29 of the Scottish

Parliamentary Election Rules and rule 6 of the referendum rules may be

combined in the form set out in Form 1 in Part 3 of this Schedule.

(4)	In that case, this paragraph applies instead of—

(a)	rule 6(2) of the referendum rules;

(b)	rule 29(2) of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules.

7    (1)

This paragraph applies where proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal

ballot papers are not taken together by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to

the 2007 Order.

(2)	The counting officer must prepare a list under sub-paragraph (3) or (4) as the

officer thinks fit.

(3)	A list under this sub-paragraph is a list containing the numbers and other

unique identifying marks of all of the ballot papers to be provided to presiding

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officers in pursuance of rule 38(1) of the Scottish Parliamentary Election

Rules.

The list must be in form Z set out in the Appendix to those Rules.

(4)	A list under this sub-paragraph is a list containing the numbers and other

unique identifying marks of all of the ballot papers to be provided to presiding

officers in pursuance of the following provisions—

(a)	rule 16(1) of the referendum rules;

(b)	rule 38(1) of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules.

The list must be in the form set out in Form 1 in Part 3 of this Schedule.

(5)	A list prepared under rule 29 of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules must

not include details relating to ballot papers in relation to which a list is prepared

under sub-paragraph (3) or (4).

(6)	A reference in an enactment to a list prepared under rule 29 of the Scottish

Parliamentary Election Rules has effect, in so far as it relates to ballot papers

to be provided in pursuance of rule 38(1) of those rules, as a reference to the

list prepared under sub-paragraph (3) or (4).

(7)	Where the counting officer prepares a list under sub-paragraph (4) in relation

to ballot papers —

(a)	the list prepared under rule 6 of the referendum rules must not include

details relating to those ballot papers;

(b)	a reference in an enactment to a list prepared under rule 6 of the

referendum rules has effect, in so far as it relates to ballot papers to be

provided in pursuance of rule 16(1) of the referendum rules, as a

reference to the list prepared under sub-paragraph (4).

Notice of polling stations

8	The functions of the constituency returning officer under rule 33(2) of the

Scottish Parliamentary Elections Rules are to be carried out by the counting

officer.

9    (1)

The notice given by a constituency returning officer under rule 33(2) of the

Scottish Parliamentary Elections Rules must—

(a)	state that the poll at the Scottish parliamentary election is to be taken

together with the poll for the referendum;

(b)	specify the relevant voting area.

(2)	The notice given by a counting officer under rule 10(3) of the referendum rules

must—

(a)	state that the poll for the referendum is to be taken together with the

polls for the relevant Scottish parliamentary election, and

(b)	specify the relevant constituency.

Postal voting

10  (1)

This paragraph applies where proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal

ballot papers are taken together by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the

2007 Order.

(2)	The functions of the constituency returning officer under rule 34 of the Scottish

Parliamentary Election Rules are to be carried out by the counting officer.

(3)	The form of postal voting statement to be issued to those entitled to vote by

post in the referendum and in the Scottish parliamentary election must be in the

form set out in Form 2 in Part 3 of this Schedule.

(4)	Where that form is used, this paragraph applies instead of any requirement in

the following provisions for a postal voting statement to be in a particular form.

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