SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6Combination of polls: Wales

PART 1Provision about combination

The poll

33List of votes marked by presiding officer

1

If the counting officer thinks fit, a single list of votes marked by the presiding officer may be used for the purposes of the referendum and the Assembly elections.

2

Where a person’s entry in that list does not relate to the referendum, the Assembly constituency election and the Assembly regional election, the entry must—

a

indicate whether it relates to the referendum, and

b

identify any election to which it relates.

3

In this paragraph “list of votes marked by the presiding officer” means a list compiled under—

a

rule 30(4) of the referendum rules, or

b

rule 47(2) of the Assembly Elections Rules.

4

Where a single list is used as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), this paragraph applies instead of rule 47(5) of the Assembly Elections Rules.