SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6Combination of polls: Wales

PART 1Provision about combination

The poll

Voting procedure: copies of registers and lists of proxies

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1

If the counting officer thinks fit, the counting officer may require the relevant registration officer to produce a combined list of proxies for the referendum and the Assembly elections.

2

The following provisions apply where the lists are combined and a person applies for a ballot paper as proxy.

3

Immediately before delivery of the ballot paper the list of proxies must be marked in a way that identifies—

a

the proxy,

b

the elector for whom the proxy is applying for the ballot paper, and

c

the referendum or Assembly election to which the ballot paper relates.

4

Sub-paragraph (3) applies instead of—

a

rule 28(2)(d) of the referendum rules;

b

rule 46(1)(d) of the Assembly Elections Rules and rule 46(6) of those rules so far as it relates to the list of proxies.