SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 E+W Polls in Wales and Monmouthshire

Appendix of Forms E+W

A. E+W Form of requisition paper

We, the subscribers hereto, being local government electors for the [[F1 district of]] do hereby demand a poll under section 66 of the M1 Licensing Act 1964 on the question whether licensed premises in the [F1 district] should open on Sundays for the sale of intoxicating liquor.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), Sch. 25 para. 9(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 1964 c. 26 (68A:1).

Signature	Name in full	Qualifying address on register of local government electors	No. on register (including distinctive letter of parliamentary polling district)

B. E+W Form of, and directions for printing, ballot paper

(a) E+W

Front of ballot paper

Are you for or against the opening of licensed premises in the [[F2 district of ]] on Sundays for the sale of intoxicating liquor?

Textual Amendments

F2 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), Sch. 25 para. 9(1)

FOR Sunday opening
AGAINST Sunday opening

(b) E+W

Back of ballot paper

No.

Ballot on Sunday opening of licensed premises in the [[F3 district of]] the day of , 19 .

Textual Amendments

F3 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), Sch. 25 para. 9(1)

(c) E+W

Directions for printing ballot paper

1 E+W Nothing is to be printed on the ballot paper except in accordance with these directions, and in so far as practicable—

(a) no word shall be printed on the face, except as provided by the form given above;

(b) no rule shall be printed on the face except the rules separating from one another the words “FOR Sunday opening", the words “AGAINST Sunday opening" and the corresponding spaces for the vote to be marked.

2 E+W The number on the back of the ballot paper is to correspond with that on the counterfoil, and shall be printed in small characters.

C. E+W

Form of directions for the guidance of voters in voting

1 E+W The voter should see that the ballot paper, before it is handed to him, is stamped with the official mark.

2 E+W The voter will go into one of the compartments and, with the pencil provided in the compartment, place a cross X on the right-hand side either in the space opposite the words “FOR Sunday opening", if he wishes to vote that way, or in the space opposite the words “AGAINST Sunday opening", if he wishes to vote that way.

3 E+W The voter will then fold up the ballot paper so as to show the official mark on the back, and leaving the compartment will, without showing the front of the paper to any person, show the official mark on the back to the presiding officer, and then, in the presence of the presiding officer, put the paper into the ballot box, and forthwith leave the polling station.

4 E+W If the voter inadvertently spoils a ballot paper he can return it to the officer who will, if satisfied of such inadvertence, give him another paper.

5 E+W If the voter places any mark on the paper by which he may afterwards be identified, his ballot paper will be void and will not be counted.

6 E+W If the voter fraudulently takes a ballot paper out of a polling station or fraudulently puts into the ballot box any paper other than the one given to him by the officer, he will be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds or to both such imprisonment and such fine.

D. E+W Form of declaration to be made by the companion of a blind person

I, A.B., of , having been requested to assist C.D. (in the case of a blind person voting as proxy add “voting as proxy for M.N.") who is numbered on the register of local government electors for the . . . F4 [ ward of the [F5 district] ] to record his vote at the poll now being held under the M2 Licensing Act 1964 in the said [F5 district], do hereby declare that [I am entitled to vote as an elector at this poll] [I am the (state relationship) of the said voter and have attained the age of [F6 eighteen]], and that I have not previously assisted any blind person [except E.F., of ], to vote at this poll.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), Sch. 30

F5 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), Sch. 25 para. 9(2)

F6 Words inserted by Representation of the People Act 1969 (c. 15), s. 24(2) and saved by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), Sch. 7 para. 4

Marginal Citations

M2 1964 c. 26.

(Signed), A.B.

day of , 19 .

I, the undersigned, being the presiding officer for the polling station for the . . . F4 [ ward of the [F5 district] of ], do hereby certify that the above declaration, having been first read to the above named declarant, was signed by the declarant in my presence.

(Signed), G.H.

day of , 19 .

at minutes past o’clock.

[a.m.] [p.m.]

Note.—If the person making the above declaration knowingly and wilfully makes therein a statement false in a material particular, he will be guilty of an offence.

E. E+W Questions which may be put to voters

(a)In the case of a person applying for a ballot paper as an elector—

(i)are you the person registered in the register of local government electors now in force as follows (read the whole entry from the register)?

(ii)have you already voted at the present poll here or elsewhere in the [[F7 district of ]], otherwise than as proxy for some other person?

Textual Amendments

F7 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), Sch. 25 para. 9(1)

(b)In the case of a person applying for a ballot paper as proxy—

(i)are you the person whose name appears as A.B. in the list of proxies for this poll as entitled to vote as proxy on behalf of C.D.?

(ii) have you already voted at the present poll here or elsewhere in the [[F7 district of ]] as proxy on behalf of C.D.