46 Further provision as to local election voting.U.K.
(1)At a local government election for any electoral area no person shall as an elector and no person shall as proxy for any one elector—
(a)give more than one vote for any one candidate; or
(b)give more votes in all than the total number of councillors to be elected for the electoral area.
[F1but this subsection does not apply in relation to Authority elections (where the votes allowed to be given are as specified in the applicable provisions of section 4, 10 or 16 of the 1999 Act).]
(2)No person is subject to any incapacity to vote at a local government election by reason of his being or acting as returning officer at that election.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 46(1) inserted (14.12.1999) by 1999 c. 29, s. 17, Sch. 3 para. 8 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3376, art. 2