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The Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004
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5. At the end of rule 23(1) (notice of poll) the following paragraph shall be inserted—E+W
“(3) The notice published under paragraph (2) above shall—
(a)state that the poll at the parliamentary election is to be taken together with the poll at a relevant election or referendum;
(b)specify the relevant local counting area, local authority or, as the case may be, voting area and, in the case of a local government election to fill a casual vacancy, the electoral area for which the election is held; and
(c)where the polls are to be taken together in part of the constituency only, specify that part.”
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I1Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 23.3.2004, see reg. 1(1)
(1)
Subsection (2) was amended and subsection (3), as originally enacted, was repealed by paragraph 7 of Schedule 4, and Schedule 5 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50).
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