5. At the end of rule 23(1) (notice of poll) the following paragraph shall be inserted—
“(3) The notice published under paragraph (2) above shall—
(a)state that the poll at the parliamentary election is to be taken together with the poll at a relevant election or referendum;
(b)specify the relevant local counting area, local authority or, as the case may be, voting area and, in the case of a local government election to fill a casual vacancy, the electoral area for which the election is held; and
(c)where the polls are to be taken together in part of the constituency only, specify that part.”
Subsection (2) was amended and subsection (3), as originally enacted, was repealed by paragraph 7 of Schedule 4, and Schedule 5 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50).