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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Combination of polls: Northern Ireland

PART 1Provision about combination

The poll

Voting procedure: copies of registers and lists of proxies

22(1)If the Chief Electoral Officer thinks fit, he or she may require the relevant registration officer to produce a combined list of proxies for the referendum and the relevant elections.

(2)The following provisions apply where the lists are combined and a person applies for a ballot paper as proxy.

(3)Immediately before delivery of the ballot paper the list of proxies must be marked in a way that identifies—

(a)the proxy,

(b)the elector for whom the proxy is applying for the ballot paper, and

(c)the referendum or relevant election to which the ballot paper relates.

(4)Sub-paragraph (3) applies instead of—

(a)rule 28(2)(d) of the referendum rules;

(b)rule 37(1)(e) of the Assembly Elections Rules;

(c)rule 34(1)(e) of the Local Elections Rules.