[F1SCHEDULE 1E+W+SEUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS RULES

PART 3E+W+SCONTESTED ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 1E+W+SGeneral Provisions

The corresponding number listE+W+S

23.—(1) The local returning officer must prepare a list (“the corresponding number list”) containing the numbers and other unique identifying marks of all the ballot papers to be issued by him in pursuance of rule 28(1) or provided by him in pursuance of rule 32(1).

(2) The form of corresponding number list to be prepared by a local returning officer for the purpose of rule 28(1) and paragraph 48(1) of Schedule 2 must be in Form B in the Appendix.

(3) The form of corresponding number list to be prepared by the local returning officer for the purposes of rule 32(3)(d) and 41(1)(b) must be in Form C in the Appendix.

(4) The form of corresponding number list to be prepared by the local returning officer for the purpose of rule 28(1) and paragraph 48(1) of Schedule 2 when the poll at a European Parliamentary election is to be taken with—

(a)the poll at an election under subsection (1) or (2) of section 15 of the 1985 Act (combination of polls at parliamentary, European Parliamentary and local government elections), or

(b)the poll at a mayoral election or a referendum in accordance with regulations made under sections [F29HE and 105, 9MG and 105 or 44 and 105] of the Local Government Act 2000, [F3or

(c)the poll at a combined authority mayoral election in accordance with the Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017],

must be in Form D in the Appendix.

(5) The form of corresponding number list to be prepared by the local returning officer for the purposes of rules 32(3)(d) and 41(1)(b) when the poll at a European Parliamentary election is to be taken with—

(a)the poll at an election under subsection (1) or (2) of section 15 of the 1985 Act (combination of polls at parliamentary, European Parliamentary and local government elections), or

(b)the poll at a mayoral election or referendum in accordance with regulations made under sections [F29HE and 105, 9MG and 105 or 44 and 105] of the Local Government Act 2000, [F4or

(c)the poll at a combined authority mayoral election in accordance with the Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017],

must be in Form E in the Appendix.]