SCHEDULE 5COMBINATION OF POLLS

PART 2MODIFICATIONS OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RULES

Rule 48 (voting by persons with disabilities)13

At the end of rule 48 there shall be added—

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Where the poll at a Scottish parliamentary election is taken together with a poll at a local government election the same list of voters with disabilities assisted by companions may be used for each election and, where it is so used, an entry in that list shall be taken to mean that votes were so given in respect of each election, unless the list identifies the election at which the vote was so given.