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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Combination of polls: Northern Ireland

PART 1Provision about combination

The poll

List of votes marked by presiding officer

24(1)If the Chief Electoral Officer thinks fit, a single list of votes marked by the presiding officer may be used for the purposes of the referendum and the relevant elections.

(2)Where a person’s entry in that list does not relate to the referendum and each relevant election the entry must—

(a)indicate whether it relates to the referendum, and

(b)identify any relevant 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,

(b)rule 38(2) of the Assembly Elections rules, or

(c)rule 35(3) of the Local Elections Rules.