The Greater London Authority (Referendum Arrangements) Order 1998

3.  Where the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers are taken together under paragraph 2 above—

(a) the application by article 12 of regulation 80(1), and the modification of regulation 91(1) in column (2) of Table 4 of Schedule 1, shall not have effect;

(b) for the purpose of regulation 83—

(i) one mark shall be placed in the absent voters list or the list of postal proxies under paragraph (1) of that regulation to denote that ballot papers have been issued in respect of the polls at the ordinary election and the referendum, except that where ballot papers are not so issued a different mark shall be placed in the absent voters list or list of postal proxies to identify the poll in respect of which the ballot paper was issued; and

(ii) the number of each ballot paper shall be marked on the declaration of identity under paragraph (2) of that regulation; and

(c) in regulations 85(1) and (2), 92(2), (3), (6)(c) and (7) and 94(2)(c) references to ballot papers shall be construed as references to the ballot paper for the ordinary election and the ballot paper for the referendum;

(d) if a postal voter exercises the entitlement conferred by paragraph (1) of regulation 89—

(i) he shall, together with the documents referred to in that paragraph, return all of the postal ballot papers issued to him, whether spoilt or not; and

(ii) on receipt of those documents, the returning officer shall issue other postal ballot papers except where the documents are received too late for other ballot papers to be returned before the close of poll; and

(iii) the spoilt postal ballot paper, and any other postal ballot paper issued with it under paragraph 2 above, the declaration of identity and the ballot paper envelope shall be immediately cancelled.