SCHEDULE Northern Ireland: Modification of Election Provisions
Part 1 Parliamentary Elections Rules
12Ballot papers in wrong box
After rule 46 insert—
Ballot papers in wrong box
46A
1
The returning officer may make arrangements for—
a
ballot boxes for the parliamentary election to be opened and any ballot papers for the local election to be taken out;
b
those ballot papers to be taken into account for the purposes of the local election;
c
ballot boxes for the local election to be opened and any ballot papers for the parliamentary election to be taken out;
d
those ballot papers to be taken into account for the purposes of the parliamentary election.
2
Paragraph (1) applies notwithstanding anything else in these rules or the local elections rules.
3
Nothing in these rules or the local elections rules requires the counting agents to be given facilities for overseeing the proceedings mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (c).