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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Wales) Regulations 2008, Paragraph 17.
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17.—(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(2) Every ballot box must be so constructed that the ballot papers can be put in it, but cannot be withdrawn from it, without the box being unlocked or, where the box has no lock, the seal being broken.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 voters and proxies to mark the ballot papers;
(b)copies of the register of electors for the voting area or such part of it as contains the names of the voters allotted to the station;
(c)the parts of any special lists prepared for the referendum corresponding to the register of electors for the voting area or the part of it provided under sub-paragraph (b);
(d)a list 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 register of electors includes a reference to copies of any notices issued under section 13B(3B) or (3D) of the 1983 Act M1 in respect of alterations to the register.
(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 voters and proxies who are partially sighted; and
(b)a device of such description as is set out in paragraph (9) for enabling voters and proxies 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 28(1)).
(6) A notice in the form in the Appendix, giving directions for the guidance of voters and proxies 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 or Welsh 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
“REFFERENDWM [Noder enw'r cyngor.....................]. Rhowch groes (X) yn y blwch ar yr ochr dde gyferbyn â'r ateb o'ch dewis. Pleidleisiwch UNWAITH yn unig. Peidiwch â rhoi unrhyw farc arall ar y papur pleidleisio, neu efallai na fydd eich pleidlais yn cael ei chyfrif.
[Specify name of council ....................] REFERENDUM. Mark a cross (X) in the box on the right hand side of the answer of your choice. Vote ONCE only. Put no other mark on the ballot paper, 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 voter or proxy to—
(i)identify the spaces on the ballot paper on which the voter or proxy may mark the voter's or proxy's vote;
(ii)identify the answer to which each such space refers; and
(iii)mark the voter's or proxy's vote on the space the voter or proxy has chosen.
Marginal Citations
M1Section 13B of the 1983 Act was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) and amended by section 11(3) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22). Subsections (3B) and (3D) of section 13B were inserted by section 11(4) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22).
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