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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012 No. 2031
4.Information to be made available in relation to referendums
8.Conduct of referendum: poll at referendum not taken together with poll at relevant election or referendum
10.Cross-boundary referendum areas and the Chief Counting Officer
13.Combination of polls: supplementary provisions relating to relevant elections
15.Non-domestic rating: premises used for referendum purposes
Matters relevant to referendum expenses
1.Advertising of any nature (whatever the medium used): Expenses in...
2.Unsolicited material addressed to voters (whether addressed to them by...
3.Any material of a description referred to in regulation 5(1)....
4.Market research or canvassing conducted for the purposes of ascertaining...
5.The provision of any property, services or facilities in connection...
7.Rallies and other events, including public meetings organised so as...
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING REFERENDUMS RULES
Form 1 - Form of Ballot Paper: Question in referendum as specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1
Form 2 - Form of Ballot Paper: Question in referendum as specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1
Form 3 - Form of Ballot Paper: Question in referendum as specified in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1
Form 7 - Official Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting in person)
Form 8 - Official Postal Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting by post)
Form 9 - Official Proxy Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person)
Form 10 - Official Proxy Postal Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting by post)
Form 11 - Form of directions for the guidance of the voters and proxies in voting
Form 13 - Form of declaration made by the companion of a voter or proxy with disabilities
Application, with Modification, of other Acts and Subordinate Legislation
1.The Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004
2.In regulation 2 (interpretation)— (a) in paragraph (1), in the...
3.For regulation 4(8) substitute— (8) Subject to paragraph (9), where...
4.(1) Regulation 5 (functions at combined polls) is amended as...
5.(1) In regulation 6(3) and (4) (modification of provisions about...
6.In regulation 8 (modification of parliamentary elections rules)—
7.In Schedule 2 (modifications to parliamentary elections rules)—
10.In regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “referendum” after...
11.In regulation 11 (combination of polls)— (a) omit “or” at...
12.In paragraph 23(4) and (5) of Schedule 1 (European Parliamentary...
13.In Schedule 2 (absent voting)— (a) in paragraph 17(9), after...
14.In Schedule 3 (modification of European Parliamentary elections rules for...
15.The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) Rules 2006
16.In rule 2 (interpretation)— (a) in paragraph (1) in the...
18.The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules 2006
19.In rule 2(1) (interpretation)— (a) in the definition of “counting...
21.The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007
22.In regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “the Referendums...
23.In Schedule 3 (mayoral election (combination of polls) rules), in...
25.In rule 2(1) (interpretation) in the definition of “referendum” after...
26.In rule 5(1) (rules for Authority elections combined with a...
30.In Schedule 8 (combined manual count rules) in paragraph 2(1)...
31.The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2012
32.In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “relevant election...
33.In regulation 10 (combination of polls: general) after paragraph (8)...
34.In regulation 11 (combination of referendums and election polls: conduct...
35.The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) Regulations 2012
36.In regulation 17(3) (combination and timing of polls: general)—
38.In article 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “local referendum”...
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING REFERENDUMS (COMBINATION OF POLLS) RULES
Form 1 - Form of Ballot Paper: Question in referendum as specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1
Form 2 - Form of Ballot Paper: Question in referendum as specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1
Form 3 - Form of Ballot Paper: Question in referendum as specified in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1
Form 8 - Official Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting in person)
Form 9 – Official Postal Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting by post)
Form 10 - Official Proxy Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person)
Form 11 - Official Proxy Postal Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting by post)
Form 12 - Form of directions for the guidance of the voters and proxies in voting
Form 14 - Form of declaration made by the companion of a voter or proxy with disabilities
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