Combination of polls: conduct of referendum
12.—(1) This regulation applies, in relation to the referendum, where polls are taken together in accordance with regulation 11.
(2) The poll at the referendum is to be conducted in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning Referendums (Combination of Polls) Rules (set out in Schedule 5).
(3) The enactments mentioned in Tables 1 to 6 of Schedule 4 have effect, in relation to the referendum, subject to—
(a)unless the context otherwise requires, the general modifications in regulation 8(4), and
(b)the modifications specified in those Tables.
(4) The enactments mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 4 have effect, in relation to the referendum, subject to the modifications specified in that Part.
(5) Where the polls at a relevant election are held on the same day as the referendum, a person who is entitled to vote at the referendum is to be treated as being entitled to vote by post, or to vote by proxy, at the referendum where that person is entitled under the absent voter legislation to vote by post, or to vote by proxy, at the relevant election.
(6) In paragraph (5), “absent voter legislation” means one or more of the following—
(a)Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000(1);
(b)Schedule 2 to the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012(2); and
(c)Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004(3).
2000 c.2. Schedule 4 was amended by paragraph 164 of Schedule 27 to the Civil Partnerships Act 2004 (c.33), and sections 5, 14, 35 and 38 of, paragraphs 19, 20 and 137 of Schedule 1 to, the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22).