Parliamentary elections
2Further provisions.
1
Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act shall be further amended as mentioned in subsections (2) to (4).
2
At the end of rule 26(3) (clerks may do what presiding officer may do, with the exceptions) there shall be inserted “or refuse to deliver a ballot paper under paragraph (1C) of rule 37 (including that paragraph as applied by rule 38, 39 or 40).”
3
The following minor amendments shall be made—
a
in rule 37(1) for “A” there shall be substituted “Subject to paragraphs (1A) to (1G) below, a”;
b
in rule 38(1) for “The” there shall be substituted “Subject to paragraph (1A) below, the”;
c
in rule 39(2) for “If” there shall be substituted “Subject to paragraph (2A) below, if”.
4
After rule 40 there shall be inserted—
Refusal to deliver ballot paper
40A
1
This rule applies where a presiding officer refuses to deliver a ballot paper under paragraph (1C) of rule 37 (including that paragraph as applied by rule 38, 39 or 40).
2
The refusal shall be subject to review on an election petition but, subject to that, shall be final and shall not be questioned in any proceeding whatsoever.
5
The following shall be inserted after section 61(6) of the 1983 Act (voting offences)—
6A
Where a person is alleged to have committed an offence under subsection (2)(a)(i) or (3)(a)(i) above by voting on a second or subsequent occasion at a parliamentary election, he shall not be deemed by virtue of subsection (6) above to have voted by applying on a previous occasion for a ballot paper for the purpose of voting in person unless he then marked a tendered ballot paper under rule 40(1C) of the parliamentary election rules.