The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Wales) Rules 2021 No. 1459 (W. 374)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Rules for conduct of an election of councillors for a principal area where poll is taken together with poll at a relevant election

PART 3 The Poll at Contested Elections

General Provisions

The official mark

24.—(1) Each ballot paper must contain an appropriate security marking (“the official mark”).

(2) The official mark must be kept secret.

(3) An interval of not less than five years must intervene between the use of the same official mark at elections for the same county or county borough.

(4) The returning officer may use a different official mark for different purposes at the same election.