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| Page 255, line 6 [Schedule 8], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(ba) | Part 5 of the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) |
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| | Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2009/1741) or Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Local |
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| | Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/454) (issue and |
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| | receipt of postal ballot papers);’. |
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| | ‘( ) | rule 16A (corresponding number list);’. |
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| Page 255, line 36 [Schedule 8], at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | a provision referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(ba), (3)(c) or (h) or |
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| Page 255, line 39 [Schedule 8], leave out paragraphs (b) and (c) and insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | rule 16A of the Local Elections Rules to the extent that it relates to |
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| | ballot papers issued in pursuance of rule 21(1) of those rules, or’. |
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| Page 255, line 44 [Schedule 8], at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | The Chief Electoral Officer may not decide that the proceedings on the issue |
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| | and receipt of postal ballot papers in respect of the referendum and the relevant |
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| | elections are to be taken together unless the Chief Counting Officer agrees.’. |
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| Page 256, line 2 [Schedule 8], leave out ‘, 3’ and insert ‘to 3B’. |
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| Page 256, line 13 [Schedule 8], at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | rule 16A of the Local Elections Rules.’. |
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| Page 256, line 16 [Schedule 8], at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | rule 16A(2) of the Local Elections Rules.’. |
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| Page 256, line 25 [Schedule 8], at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | rule 26(1) of the Local Elections Rules.’. |
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| Page 256, line 31 [Schedule 8], at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | rule 16A of the Local Elections Rules.’. |
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| Page 257, line 33 [Schedule 8], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | The declaration of identity to be used by those entitled to vote by post in the |
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| | Assembly election must be in the form set out in Form 3A in Part 2 of this |
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| | (5) | Sub-paragraph (4) applies instead of the requirement in rule 24(1) of the |
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| | Assembly Elections Rules for a declaration of identity to be in a particular |
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| | (6) | The declaration of identity to be used by those entitled to vote by post in the |
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| | local election must be in the form set out in Form 3B in Part 2 of this Schedule. |
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| | (7) | Sub-paragraph (6) applies instead of the requirement in rule 21(1) of the Local |
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| | Elections Rules for a declaration of identity to be in a particular form.’. |
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| Page 258, line 16 [Schedule 8], at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | rule 26(3)(e) of the Local Elections Rules.’. |
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| Page 258, line 18 [Schedule 8], at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | rule 26(3ZC) of the Local Elections Rules.’. |
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| Page 260, line 38 [Schedule 8], at end insert— |
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| | ‘22A (1) | This paragraph applies where the Chief Electoral Officer decides that the |
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| | proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers in respect of the |
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| | referendum and the relevant elections are to be taken together. |
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| | (2) | If the Chief Electoral Officer thinks fit, he or she may require the relevant |
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| | registration officer to produce— |
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| | (a) | a combined postal voters list, consisting of the things that would |
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| | (i) | the postal voters list for the referendum; |
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| | (ii) | the list under paragraph 2(4)(a) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the |
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| | (iii) | the list under section 7(4)(a) of the Representation of the |
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| | People Act 1985 as applied for the purposes of Assembly |
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| | elections by Article 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Northern |
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| | Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001; |
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| | (b) | a combined proxy postal voters list, consisting of the things that would |
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| | otherwise be included in— |
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| | (i) | the proxy postal voters list for the referendum; |
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| | (ii) | the list under paragraph 4(8) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the |
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| | (iii) | the list under section 9(9) of the Representation of the People |
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| | Act 1985 as applied for the purposes of Assembly elections by |
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| | Article 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland |
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| | Assembly (Elections) Order 2001.’. |
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| | ‘( ) | Where lists are prepared as mentioned in paragraph 7(2), 8(2) or 16(1)— |
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| | (a) | rules 49(1)(b) and 51 of the referendum rules apply to the packets of |
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| | (b) | rule 58(1) of the Local Elections Rules applies as if sub-paragraph |
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| | (da), so far is it relates to those lists, were omitted.’. |
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| Page 266, line 6 [Schedule 8], after ‘rule’ insert ‘60 or’. |
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| Page 266, line 9 [Schedule 8], after ‘61’ insert ‘or 63’. |
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| Page 266, line 42 [Schedule 8], leave out ‘61(2)’ insert ‘64(1) to (6)’. |
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| Page 266, line 42 [Schedule 8], at end insert— |
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| | (e) | the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations |
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| | 2008 (S.I. 2008/1741) as applied for purposes of the referendum |
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| | by Part 3 of Schedule 4, and |
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| | (f) | those regulations as applied for the purposes of Assembly |
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| | elections by Article 3(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Northern |
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| | Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2599); |
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| | “the Local Elections Order” means the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) |
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| | Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/454). |
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| | Attendance at proceedings on issue and receipt of postal ballot papers |
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| | 40 (1) | This paragraph applies where the Chief Electoral Officer decides that the |
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| | proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers in respect of the |
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| | referendum and the relevant elections are to be taken together. |
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| | (2) | The following provisions have effect as if the persons listed in them included |
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| | persons who would be entitled to be present at the proceedings on the issue or |
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| | receipt of postal ballot papers in respect of the referendum or a relevant |
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| | election if those proceedings were taken on their own. |
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| | (a) | regulation 72 of the 2008 Regulations; |
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| | (b) | paragraph 3(1) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections Order. |
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| | Procedure on issue of postal ballot papers |
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| | 41 (1) | This paragraph applies where— |
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| | (a) | the Chief Electoral Officer decides that the proceedings on the issue |
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| | and receipt of postal ballot papers in respect of the referendum and the |
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| | relevant elections are to be taken together, and |
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| | (b) | a combined postal voters list or proxy postal voters list is produced by |
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| | (2) | In a case where a postal ballot paper is issued at the same time in respect of the |
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| | referendum and the relevant elections, a single mark must be placed in the list |
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| | under the following provisions— |
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| | (a) | regulation 76(2) of the 2008 Regulations; |
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| | (b) | paragraph 6(1) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections Order. |
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| | (3) | In any other case, a mark must be placed in the list under those provisions |
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| | identifying the poll to which each postal ballot paper issued relates. |
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| | Provisions requiring declaration of identity to indicate colours of ballot papers |
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| | 42 (1) | The provisions listed in sub-paragraph (3) do not apply where the Chief |
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| | Electoral Officer decides that the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal |
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| | ballot papers in respect of the referendum and the relevant elections are to be |
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| | (2) | Otherwise, the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (3) have effect as if the |
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| | words before “the colour” were omitted. |
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| | (a) | regulation 76(4) of the 2008 Regulations; |
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| | (b) | paragraph 6(3) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections Order. |
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| | 43 (1) | This paragraph applies where the Chief Electoral Officer decides that the |
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| | proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers in respect of the |
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| | referendum and the relevant elections are to be taken together. |
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| | (2) | The same covering envelope and ballot paper envelope must be issued to a |
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| | voter under the following provisions in respect of the referendum and the |
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| | (a) | regulation 78 of the 2008 Regulations; |
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| | (b) | paragraph 8 of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections Order. |
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| | (4) | The number of each of the postal ballot papers issued must be marked on the |
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| | ballot paper envelope unless the envelope has a window through which all of |
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| | the ballot paper numbers are displayed. |
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| | (5) | The following provisions do not apply— |
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| | (a) | regulation 78(4) of the 2008 Regulations; |
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| | (b) | paragraph 8(2) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections Order. |
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| | Spoilt postal ballot papers |
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| | 44 (1) | This paragraph applies where— |
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| | (a) | the Chief Electoral Officer decides that the proceedings on the issue |
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| | and receipt of postal ballot papers in respect of the referendum and the |
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| | relevant elections are to be taken together, |
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| | (b) | a person returns a spoilt postal ballot paper under regulation 81(1) of |
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| | the 2008 Regulations or paragraph 12(1) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the |
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| | Local Elections Order, and |
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| | (c) | a postal ballot paper has been issued to the person in respect of one or |
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| | (2) | The spoilt postal ballot paper may not be replaced unless all the postal ballot |
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| | papers issued to the person are returned. |
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| | (3) | Where an unspoilt postal ballot paper is returned as mentioned in sub- |
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| | paragraph (2), the 2008 Regulations or Local Elections Order apply to it as if |
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| | it were a spoilt ballot paper. |
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| | Opening of postal voters’ ballot box |
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| | 45 | The following provisions have effect as if for the words after “opened” there |
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| | were substituted “at the counting of the ballot papers”— |
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| | (a) | regulation 85(3) of the 2008 Regulations; |
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| | (b) | paragraph 16(3) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections Order. |
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| | Opening of ballot paper envelopes |
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| | 46 (1) | This paragraph applies where the Chief Electoral Officer decides that the |
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| | proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers in respect of the |
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| | referendum and the relevant elections are to be taken together. |
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| | (2) | The following provisions have effect as if after “number” there were inserted |
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| | “(or one of the numbers)”— |
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| | (a) | regulation 88(2)(a) of the 2008 Regulations; |
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| | (b) | paragraph 17B(2)(a) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections |
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| | (3) | The following provisions have effect as if at the end there were inserted “or, |
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| | where more than one number appears on the ballot paper envelope, a sufficient |
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| | number of ballot papers (marking the envelope to indicate the missing ballot |
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| | (a) | regulation 88(2)(c) of the 2008 Regulations; |
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| | (b) | paragraph 17B(2)(c) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections |
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| | Countermand or abandonment of poll for relevant election |
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| | 47 | The following provisions do not apply where the Chief Electoral Officer |
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| | decides that the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers in |
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| | respect of the referendum and the relevant elections are to be taken together— |
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| | (a) | regulation 90 of the 2008 Regulations; |
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| | (b) | paragraph 18 of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections Order. |
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| | 48 (1) | This paragraph applies where the Chief Electoral Officer decides that the |
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| | proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers in respect of the |
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| | referendum and the relevant elections are to be taken together. |
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| | (2) | The Chief Electoral Officer must— |
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| | (a) | endorse on each of the specified packets a description of its contents, |
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| | the date of the poll and the name of the area to which the packet relates; |
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| | (b) | complete a statement as to postal ballot papers in relation to each poll; |
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| | (c) | retain the packets and statements. |
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| | (3) | The specified packets— |
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| | (a) | in relation to the referendum and the Assembly election, are the |
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| | packets made up under regulations 79, 81(5) and 89 of the 2008 |
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| | (b) | in relation to a local election, are the packets made up under |
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| | paragraphs 11 and 17C(b) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Local |
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| | (4) | A statement as to postal ballot papers— |
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| | (a) | in the case of the referendum and the Assembly election, must be in |
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| | the form set out in Form N in Schedule 3 to the 2008 Regulations; |
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| | (b) | in the case of a local election, must be in the form set out in Form 2 in |
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| | Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections Order. |
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| | (a) | any covering envelopes are received by the Chief Electoral Officer |
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| | after the close of the poll, |
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| | (b) | any envelopes addressed to postal voters are returned as undelivered |
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| | (c) | any spoilt postal ballot papers for the referendum or Assembly |
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| | election are returned too late to enable other postal ballot papers to be |
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| | | the Chief Electoral Officer must seal those envelopes or postal ballot papers up |
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| | in a separate packet, endorse the packet as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a) |
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| | (6) | A copy of the completed statements as to postal ballot papers for the |
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| | referendum and for the Assembly election must be provided to the Electoral |
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