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Consideration of Bill: 2 November 2010                  

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Back of form

 

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE VOTER

 
 

1. You must sign this declaration of identity in the presence of a person known to you.

 
 

You are required to do this even if you have already signed a similar declaration of

 
 

identity in respect of another poll to be held on the same day. That person should then

 
 

sign this declaration as a witness, adding his or her name and address. Without this the

 
 

declaration will be invalid.

 
 

2.   

 Number the candidates in order of preference, putting “1” against the candidate of your

 
 

1st preference, “2” against your 2nd preference and so on. You should not put the same

 
 

preference against more than one candidate. You may show your preference for as many

 
 

or as few candidates as you wish. Put no other mark on the ballot paper, or your vote may

 
 

not be counted. Do this secretly. If you cannot vote without assistance, the person

 
 

assisting you must not disclose how you have voted.

 
 

3. Then proceed as follows—

 
 

(a) place each ballot paper in the correct smaller envelope and seal it;

 
 

(b)

 
 

covering envelope and seal it;

 
 

(c)

 
 

returning officer not later than the close of poll.

 
 

4. If you receive more than one ballot paper, remember that it is illegal to vote more than

 
 

once (otherwise than as proxy) at the same election. You are entitled to vote at different

 
 

elections which are held on the same day.

 
 

5.   

 At this election you cannot vote in person at a polling station, even if you receive an

 
 

official poll card.

 
 

6.   

 If by mistake you spoil your ballot paper, you can apply to the returning officer for

 
 

another one. With your application you must return, in your own envelope, the spoilt

 
 

ballot paper, the declaration of identity and the envelopes marked “A” and “B”.

 
 

Remember that there is little time available if a fresh postal ballot paper is to be issued

 
 

and counted.’.

 
   
 


 

Mr William Cash

 

7

 

Page  6,  line  10  [Clause  8],  at end insert ‘, and

 

(c)    

the number of electors casting a vote in the referendum is equal to or

 

greater than 40 per cent. of those entitled to cast such a vote.’.

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Davis

 

Philip Davies

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

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Page  6,  line  10  [Clause  8],  at end insert ‘, and


 
 

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(c)    

the number of electors casting a vote in favour of the answer “Yes” is

 

equal to or greater than 25 per cent. of those entitled to cast such a vote.’.

 

Mr William Cash

 

8

 

Page  6,  line  12  [Clause  8],  after ‘“No”,’, insert ‘or if the number of electors casting

 

a vote in the referendum is less than 40 per cent. of those entitled to cast such a vote,’.

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Davis

 

Philip Davies

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

198

 

Page  6,  line  12  [Clause  8],  after ‘ “No” ’, insert ‘or if the number of electors casting

 

a vote in favour of the answer “Yes” is fewer than 25 per cent. of those entitled to cast

 

such a vote’.

 


 

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Hywel Williams

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

223

 

Page  1,  line  6  [Clause  1],  leave out subsection (2) and insert—

 

‘(2)    

 

(a)    

The Electoral Commission shall within two months of the Royal Assent

 

to this Act specify the date on which the referendum is to be held.

 

(b)    

The specified date must be—

 

(i)    

within 18 months of the date of Royal Assent to this Act, and

 

(ii)    

a date on which no other election to a Parliament or assembly in

 

the United Kingdom is to be held.

 

(c)    

The Minister must lay before Parliament the draft of an Order in Council

 

to give effect to the specified date.

 

(d)    

The draft of the Order in Council under paragraph (c) above shall not be

 

laid before Parliament until the specified date has been agreed by the

 

Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the National

 

Assembly for Wales.’.

 


 

Edward Miliband

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Chris Bryant

 

17

 

Page  14,  line  29  [Clause  18],  at end insert ‘with the exception of Part 2, which will

 

not come into force until after the referendum on the determination of powers devolved

 

to the National Assembly for Wales under the terms of the Government of Wales Act

 

2006.’.

 



 
 

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Alun Michael

 

211

 

Page  17,  line  24  [Schedule  1],  at end insert ‘including ensuring that adequate

 

provision is made for disabled voters’.

 

Alun Michael

 

212

 

Page  17,  line  26  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

directions requiring them to address any complaints from voters

 

arising from the administration of the referendum.’.

 

Alun Michael

 

213

 

Page  17,  line  31  [Schedule  1],  at end insert ‘including ensuring that adequate

 

provision is made for disabled voters’.

 


 

Alun Michael

 

214

 

Page  28,  line  37  [Schedule  2],  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

the accessibility of polling stations for disabled voters.’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

22

 

Page  30,  line  41  [Schedule  2],  leave out ‘regulations’ and insert ‘postal voting

 

provisions’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

23

 

Page  31,  line  8  [Schedule  2],  leave out ‘regulations’ and insert ‘postal voting

 

provisions’.

 

Alun Michael

 

215

 

Page  31,  line  31  [Schedule  2],  at end insert—

 

  ‘(4A)  

Where a polling place may be considered inaccessible to disabled voters,

 

following the review undertaken under section 16 of the Electoral

 

Administration Act 2006, the counting officer must provide an alternative

 

polling place that is accessible to disabled voters.


 
 

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    (4B)  

If no public rooms as specified under paragraph 9(1) are considered accessible

 

to disabled voters the counting officer must hire for this purpose a privately

 

owned room that is considered accessible to disabled voters.’.

 


 

Alun Michael

 

216

 

Page  32,  line  6  [Schedule  2],  at end insert—

 

    ‘(8)  

The counting officer must notify the electorate of any polling stations that may

 

not be accessible to disabled voters and provide details of alternative voting

 

options.’.

 


 

Alun Michael

 

217

 

Page  33,  line  17  [Schedule  2],  at end insert ‘including information regarding the

 

accessibility for disabled voters of the allocated polling place.’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

24

 

Page  36,  line  29  [Schedule  2],  leave out ‘regulations’ and insert ‘postal voting

 

provisions’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

25

 

Page  48,  line  15  [Schedule  2],  leave out ‘and Wales or Scotland’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

26

 

Page  48,  line  17  [Schedule  2],  leave out ‘regulations’ and insert ‘postal voting

 

provisions’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

27

 

Page  48,  line  21  [Schedule  2],  leave out ‘regulations’ and insert ‘postal voting

 

provisions’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

28

 

Page  48,  line  26  [Schedule  2],  leave out ‘regulations’ and insert ‘postal voting


 
 

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provisions’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

29

 

Page  53,  line  42  [Schedule  2],  leave out ‘regulations’ and insert ‘postal voting

 

provisions’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

30

 

Page  56,  line  38  [Schedule  2],  at end insert—

 

‘“the relevant postal voting provisions”—

 

(c)    

in relation to England, means Part 5 of the Representation of the

 

People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/341)

 

as applied by Schedule 4 to this Act;

 

(d)    

in relation to Wales, means Schedule 3 to the National Assembly

 

for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/

 

236) as applied by Part 2 of Schedule 6 to this Act;

 

(e)    

in relation to Scotland, means Schedule 4 to the Scottish

 

Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2010 as applied by Part 2 of

 

Schedule 7 to this Act;

 

(f)    

in relation to Northern Ireland, means Part 5 of the

 

Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations

 

2008 (S.I. 2008/1741) as applied by Schedule 4 to this Act.’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

31

 

Page  104,  line  15  [Schedule  4],  after ‘Wales’ insert ‘or Scotland’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

32

 

Page  105,  line  30  [Schedule  4],  after ‘referendum’ insert ‘(subject to sub-

 

paragraphs (3A) and (3B))’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

33

 

Page  106,  line  5  [Schedule  4],  at end insert—


 
 

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  ‘(3A)  

Part 5 of the England and Wales Regulations does not apply for the purposes

 

of the referendum in so far as it is taken together with the poll for the Welsh

 

Assembly general election under section 4(2).

 

    (3B)  

Part 5 of the Scotland Regulations does not apply for the purposes of the

 

referendum in so far as it is taken together with the poll for the Scottish

 

parliamentary election under section 4(3).’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

34

 

Page  115,  line  18  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘In the England and Wales Regulations,’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

35

 

Page  115,  line  22  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘In the England and Wales Regulations,’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

36

 

Page  115  [Schedule  4],  leave out lines 25 to 30.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

37

 

Page  117,  line  7  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘In the England and Wales Regulations,’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

38

 

Page  117,  line  27  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘In the England and Wales Regulations,’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

39

 

Page  117,  line  30  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘In the England and Wales Regulations,’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

40

 

Page  117,  line  34  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘In the England and Wales Regulations,’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

41

 

Page  118  [Schedule  4],  leave out lines 2 to 25.

 



 
 

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The Deputy Prime Minister

 

42

 

Page  130,  line  28  [Schedule  4],  before ‘For’ insert—

  

‘For “a parliamentary election” substitute “the

 
  

referendum”.’.

 
 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

43

 

Page  132,  line  7  [Schedule  4],  at end insert—

  

‘After paragraph (4) insert—

 
  

“(5)    

Where an envelope opened in accordance with

 
  

paragraph (1) contains a declaration of identity

 
  

(whether separate or not), the counting officer

 
  

must place a mark in the marked copy of the

 
  

postal voters list or the proxy postal voters list in

 
  

a place corresponding to the number of the

 
  

elector to denote that a postal vote has been

 
  

returned.

 
  

(6)    

A mark made under paragraph (5) must be

 
  

distinguishable from and must not obscure the

 
  

mark made under regulation 76.

 
  

(7)    

As soon as practicable after the last covering

 
  

envelope has been opened, the counting officer

 
  

must make up into a packet the copy of the postal

 
  

voters list and the proxy postal voters list that has

 
  

been marked in accordance with paragraph (5)

 
  

and must seal the packet.”’.

 
 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

180

 

Page  276  [Schedule  9],  leave out lines 12 to 16.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

181

 

Page  289  [Schedule  10],  leave out lines 29 and 30 and insert—

 

‘(a)    

there are—

 

(i)    

two or more candidates with fewer votes than the others but

 

an equal number to each other, or


 
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