[F1Equipment of polling stationsE+W
46.—(1) The counting officer must provide each presiding officer with such number of ballot boxes and ballot papers as in the counting officer’s opinion may be necessary.
(2) Every ballot box must be so constructed that the ballot papers can be put in it, but cannot be withdrawn from it, without the box being unlocked or, where the box has no lock, the seal being broken.
(3) The counting officer must provide each polling station with—
(a)materials to enable named voters to mark the ballot papers;
(b)copies of such part of the business voting register as contains the names of the named voters allotted to the station;
(c)the parts of any voters list corresponding to the business voting register or the part of it provided under sub-paragraph (b);
(d)a list, in the form set out in Form 6 in the Appendix or a form to like effect, consisting of that part of the list prepared under rule 8 which contains the numbers (but not the other unique identifying marks) corresponding to those on the ballot papers provided to the presiding officer of the polling station.
(4) The reference in paragraph (3)(b) to the copies of the business voting register includes any alterations made to that register under Schedule 6.
(5) The counting officer must also provide each polling station with—
(a)at least one large version of the ballot paper which must be displayed inside the polling station for the assistance of named voters who are partially sighted; and
(b)a device of such description as is set out in paragraph (9) for enabling named voters who are blind or partially sighted to vote without any need for assistance from the presiding officer or any companion (within the meaning of rule 56(1)).
(6) A notice in the form set out in Form 7 in the Appendix, giving directions for the guidance of named voters in voting, must be printed in conspicuous characters and exhibited inside and outside every polling station.
(7) The counting officer may also provide copies of the notice mentioned in paragraph (6) in Braille or translated into languages other than English as the counting officer considers appropriate, provided that these notices are accurate reproductions in Braille or that other language of that notice.
(8) In every compartment of every polling station there must be exhibited the notice “BUSINESS REFERENDUM ON [specify: neighbourhood plan/neighbourhood development order] FOR [specify name of neighbourhood area]. Mark a cross (X) in the box next to the answer of your choice. Vote ONCE only. Do not mark the ballot paper in any other way, or your vote may not be counted.”
(9) The device referred to in paragraph (5)(b) must—
(a)allow a ballot paper to be inserted into and removed from, or attached to and detached from, the device easily and without damage to the paper;
(b)hold the ballot paper firmly in place during use; and
(c)provide suitable means for the named voter to—
(i)identify the spaces on the ballot paper on which they may mark their vote;
(ii)identify the answer to which each such space refers; and
(iii)mark their vote on the space they have chosen.]