8.—(1) Every electoral region shall be divided into polling districts and subject to the provisions of this regulation there shall be a polling place designated for each polling district.
(2) Subject to paragraph (4), the polling districts and polling places designated under this regulation shall be the same as those used or designated for parliamentary elections, except where it appears to those responsible for designating parliamentary polling districts and places that special circumstances make it desirable for some other polling district or place to be designated.
(3) An election shall not be questioned by reason of—
(a)any non-compliance with the provisions of this regulation; or
(b)any informality relative to polling districts or polling places.
(4) In Gibraltar the polling districts and polling places designated for each district shall be the same as those used or designated for [F1elections to the Gibraltar Parliament].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 8(4) substituted (30.1.2009) by The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/186), regs. 1(2), 8