SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Combination of polls: England

PART 1Provision about combination

The poll

List of votes marked by presiding officer

30(1)If the counting officer thinks fit, a single list of votes marked by the presiding officer may be used for the purposes of the referendum and the relevant elections.

(2)Where a person’s entry in that list does not relate to the referendum and each relevant election the entry must—

(a)indicate whether it relates to the referendum, and

(b)identify any relevant election to which it relates.

(3)In this paragraph “list of votes marked by the presiding officer” means a list compiled under—

(a)rule 30(4) of the referendum rules,

(b)rule 36(2) of the Local Elections (Combination of Polls) Rules,

(c)rule 36(2) of the Parish Elections (Combination of Polls) Rules,

(d)rule 29(2) of the Local Referendums (Combination of Polls) Rules, or

(e)rule 38(2) of the Mayoral Elections (Combination of Polls) Rules.

(4)This paragraph applies instead of—

(a)rule 36(4) of the Local Elections (Combination of Polls) Rules;

(b)rule 36(4) of the Parish Elections (Combination of Polls) Rules;

(c)rule 29(4) of the Local Referendums (Combination of Polls) Rules;

(d)rule 38(5) of the Mayoral Elections (Combination of Polls) Rules.