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Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Referendum in Scotland

  3. 2.Referendum in Wales

  4. 3.Referendums: supplementary

  5. 4.Exclusion of legal proceedings

  6. 5.Expenditure

  7. 6.Short title

  8. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      REFERENDUM IN SCOTLAND

      1. PART I FORM OF FIRST BALLOT PAPER

      2. PART II FORM OF SECOND BALLOT PAPER

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      REFERENDUM IN WALES: FORM OF BALLOT PAPER

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      CONDUCT OF THE REFERENDUMS, &c.

      1. 1.The provisions of this Schedule shall have effect in relation...

      2. Time

        1. 2.(1) In calculating any period of time for the purposes...

      3. Advertisements

        1. 3.(1) The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland)...

      4. Premises used for election purposes

        1. 4.(1) In relation to premises in Scotland, section 98 of...

      5. Returning officers and counting officers

        1. 5.(1) Functions conferred by this Schedule on the returning officer...

        2. 6.(1) In Scotland, the council for a local government area...

        3. 7.A counting officer may, in writing, appoint one or more...

        4. 8.(1) Order 45, rule 1 of the County Court Rules...

      6. Hours of polling

        1. 9.The hours of polling shall be between 7 a.m. and...

      7. The ballot papers

        1. 10.(1) The back of the ballot papers shall be in...

      8. Counting of votes, &c.

        1. 11.(1) A counting officer shall, in accordance with any directions...

        2. 12.A counting officer shall, as soon as possible after his...

      9. Application of enactments

        1. 13.(1) The provisions set out in column (1) of Tables...

      10. APPENDIX

        FORMS

        1. FORM OF BACK OF BALLOT PAPER: REFERENDUM IN SCOTLAND

        2. FORM OF BACK OF BALLOT PAPER: REFERENDUM IN WALES

        3. FORM OF GUIDANCE FOR VOTERS: REFERENDUM IN SCOTLAND GUIDANCE FOR VOTERS

        4. FORM OF GUIDANCE FOR VOTERS: REFERENDUM IN WALES GUIDANCE FOR VOTERS

        5. CERTIFICATE OF EMPLOYMENT: REFERENDUM IN WALES CERTIFICATE OF EMPLOYMENTTYSTYSGRIF CYFLOGAETH

        6. PROXY PAPER: REFERENDUM IN SCOTLAND FRONT OF PAPER

        7. BACK OF PAPER

        8. PROXY PAPER: REFERENDUM IN WALES

        9. YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE AS PROXY EICH HAWL I BLEIDLEISIO FEL DIRPRWY

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