Issue of Postal Ballot Papers

Combination of pollsI1C165

Where the polls at elections are taken together under—

a

subsection (1) or (2) of section 15 of the 1985 Act (combination of polls at parliamentary, European Parliamentary and local government elections), or

b

subsection (3) or (3AB) of section 36 of the 1983 Act (combination of polls at local elections)43,

the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers in respect of each election may, if the returning officers concerned agree, be taken together.