The National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Referendum Question, Date of Referendum Etc.) Order 2010

Issue of official poll cards

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15.—(1) The counting officer must as soon as practicable after the publication of notice of the referendum, send to voters an official poll card in accordance with this rule.

(2) Subject to paragraph (4), in the case of —

(a)an elector, the official poll card must be sent or delivered to that person’s qualifying address; and

(b)a proxy, the official poll card must be sent or delivered to the proxy’s address as shown in the list of proxies.

(3) The official poll card must set out —

(a)except in the case of an elector who has an anonymous entry in the register, the elector’s name, qualifying address and number on the register;

(b)the date and hours of the poll and the situation of the voter’s polling station; and

(c)such other information as the counting officer considers appropriate and different information may be provided in pursuance of this sub-paragraph to different voters or descriptions of voters.

(4) In the case of an elector with an anonymous entry in the register—

(a)where the elector has given another address in the application under regulation 31G of the 2001 Regulations, the official poll card must be sent or delivered to that other address; and

(b)instead of containing the matter mentioned in paragraph (3)(a), the official poll card must contain such matter as is specified in the appropriate form referred to in paragraphs (5), (6), (7) or (8).

(5) The official poll card issued to an elector must be in the form F set out in Schedule 6.

(6) The official poll card issued to a proxy must be in the form G set out in Schedule 6.

(7) The official postal poll card issued to an elector must be in the form H set out in Schedule 6.

(8) The official postal poll card issued to a proxy must be in the form I set out in Schedule 6.

(9) In this rule any reference to an elector means a person who is registered in the register on the last day for publication of the notice of the referendum.

(10) In paragraph (9) the reference to a person who is so registered includes a person then shown in that register as below voting age if (but only if) it appears from the register that that person will be of voting age on the day fixed for the poll.