SCHEDULE 1Amendments to the 1962 Act

Part 2Amendments to Part 9 (Questioning of elections) and Part 10 (Electoral misdemeanours)

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After paragraph 12A(7) M1 insert—

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A person is not guilty of an illegal practice under sub-paragraph (2)(b) or (3)(b) above only by reason of that person having marked a tendered ballot paper in pursuance of rule 37(1C) or (1E) of the Local Elections Rules.