SCHEDULE 2Transitional provisions and savings

PART 8Referendums under Schedule 4B to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

Poll card forms for certain referendum I1I230

1

The amendments made by regulation 18(4) and (8) do not apply in respect of an ongoing referendum.

2

The following apply in respect of a relevant referendum subject to the modification in sub-paragraph (3)—

a

form 7 (official poll card (to be sent to a voter voting in person)) and form 9 (official proxy poll card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person)) in Schedule 3 to the 2012 Regulations;

b

form 8 (official poll card (to be sent to a voter voting in person)) and form 10 (official proxy poll card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person)) in Schedule 5 to the 2012 Regulations.

3

The form applies as if, on the front of the form, before the text that begins “vote as a proxy at this referendum” there were inserted “(in the case of a proxy appointed before 31st October 2023)”.

4

The following apply in respect of a relevant referendum subject to the modification in sub-paragraph (5)—

a

form 8 (official postal poll card (to be sent to a voter voting by post)) and form 10 (official proxy postal poll card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting by post) in Schedule 3 to the 2012 Regulations;

b

form 9 (official postal poll card (to be sent to a voter voting by post)) and form 11 (official proxy postal poll card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting by post) in Schedule 5 to the 2012 Regulations;.

5

The form applies as if, on the back of the form, before the text that begins “vote as a proxy at the same referendum” there were inserted “(in the case of a proxy appointed before 31st October 2023)”.