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8Subject to the rules in Part II of this Schedule, the parliamentary elections rules shall have effect in relation to special polling stations so far as applicable to them, but subject to the modifications made by this Part of this Schedule.
9References to the election shall in the case of a general election or two or more by-elections be read as references to the elections in all the constituencies concerned in Northern Ireland and references to candidates at the election shall be construed accordingly.
10References to a candidate's polling agent appointed to attend at a polling station shall be read as references to an observer assigned to that station.
11References to the register of parliamentary electors for an election shall be read as references to the special polling list for that election.
12Rule 5(2) shall apply to applications to vote at a special polling station and to other applications and notices about voting at such stations.
13Rule 20(2) and (3) shall not apply.
14Rules 23, 24 and 25(1) to (4) shall not apply.
15Rules 28 and 29(3)(c) and (d) shall not apply.
16Rule 30(1) to (9) shall not apply.
17Rule 31 shall have effect as if—
(a)the reference to counting the votes were a reference to counting the ballot papers under this Schedule, and
(b)references to provisions of section 66 of the principal Act were references to those provisions as they have effect by virtue of paragraph 27 below.
18In rule 32—
(a)paragraph (1)(a) and (e), and
(b)paragraphs (2), (3) and (4),
shall not apply and the presiding officer shall not admit a person to a special polling station as observer except on production of his appointment.
19Rule 35(1) shall have effect as if the question that may be put under sub-paragraph (a)(i) were—" Are you the person shown in the special polling list for this election as follows? " (read the whole entry from the list.)
20Rule 36(1) shall have effect as if the reference to a candidate or his election agent were omitted.
21Rule 39 shall not apply.
22Rule 40(1) shall apply as if, for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), there were substituted a reference to a particular elector named in the special polling list.
23Rules 44 and 45 shall not apply.
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