The Voter Identification Regulations 2022

Amendment of the Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004

37.  In Schedule 2 to the Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004 (modifications to parliamentary elections rules)(1)—

(a) in paragraph 6, in the inserted text—

(i) in paragraph (5), for “If” substitute “Subject to paragraph (6), if”;

(ii) after paragraph (5) insert—

“(6) Paragraph (5) does not apply in respect of the official poll card for a local government election in Wales.”;

(b) in paragraph 19, in the inserted text, in paragraph (1A) after “(c)” insert “, (db)”;

(c) in paragraph 25, in the substituted text, in paragraph (2)—

(i) omit the “or” after sub-paragraph (a);

(ii) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) the completed ballot paper refusal list, or”;

(d) in the Appendix of Forms, for the form of directions for the guidance of the voters in voting substitute the corresponding form in Schedule 5.

(1)

S.I. 2004/294; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/3278, 2014/920.