The Greater London Authority (Referendum Arrangements) Order 1998

13.—(1) This paragraph has effect where, under rule 49(1) of the election rules—

(a) the returning officer countermands the poll at an election at which a candidate has died; or

(b) directs that poll to be abandoned;

and where this paragraph has effect, rule 49(2) of those rules shall not apply in relation to that election.

(2) Neither the countermand nor the direction mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above shall affect the poll at the referendum.

(3) Where the poll at the election is abandoned, no further ballot papers for that election shall be delivered in any polling station and, at the close of the poll for the referendum, the presiding officer shall take the like steps for the delivery to the returning officer of ballot boxes and of ballot papers and other documents as he would be required to do if the poll at that election had not been abandoned and the returning officer shall dispose of ballot papers used at that election and other documents in his possession as he is required to do on the completion in due course of the counting of votes; but—

(a) it shall not be necessary for any ballot paper account to be prepared or verified; and

(b) the returning officer having, where necessary, separated the ballot papers relating to the referendum shall take no step or further step for the counting of the ballot papers or of the votes relating to the election and shall seal up those ballot papers, whether the votes on them have been counted or not; and

(c) it shall not be necessary to seal up counted and rejected ballot papers in separate packets.