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3.—(1) Schedule 6 to the European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004(1) is amended as follows.
(2) After paragraph 14, insert—
“14A. In rule 49 (attendance at verification of ballot paper accounts), in paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (e) insert—
“(f)persons who fall within sub-paragraphs (a) to (f) of rule 44(1) of Schedule 5 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (local elections rules)(2) or, as the case may be, sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of rule 44(2) of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (parliamentary elections rules)(3),”.
14B. In rule 50 (procedure at verification of ballot paper accounts)—
(a)before paragraph (1) insert—
“(A1) Where separate ballot boxes have been used for the poll at the European Parliamentary election and the poll at a relevant election, the verifying officer must, in the presence of the counting agents for each such election—
(a)open each ballot box for the European Parliamentary election and for a relevant election;
(b)from each ballot box for the European Parliamentary election, take out any ballot papers for a relevant election and place them in a ballot box for the relevant election; and
(c)from each ballot box for a relevant election, take out any ballot papers for the European Parliamentary election and place them in a ballot box for the European Parliamentary election.”;
(b)in paragraph (1)(a), after “each ballot box” insert “(if not already opened in accordance with paragraph (A1))”.”.
(3) After paragraph 17, insert—
“17A. In the Appendix of Forms at the end of Schedule 1, in Form A (the ballot paper)—
(a)on the front of the ballot paper, at the top of that form insert the heading “European Parliamentary Election”; and
(b)in the directions as to printing the ballot paper, in paragraph 2(a), after “apart from” insert “the heading “European Parliamentary Election” at the top of the ballot paper and”.”.
Schedule 6 was substituted in its entirety by Schedule 4 to S.I. 2009/813.
1962 c. 14 (N.I.); Schedule 5 was substituted in its entirety by S.I. 1985/454 and rule 44 was amended by paragraph 58 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) and S.I. 2010/2977.
1983 c. 2; rule 44 was amended by paragraph 85 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) and section 48 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25).
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