1(1)In section 4 of the 1913 Act (ballots on the application of funds for political purposes)—
(a)in subsection (1), after the words “subsections (1A) to (1F) below” there shall be inserted the words “and of subsections (2) to (7) of section 15 of the Employment Act 1988”; and
(b)in subsection (1B), at the end there shall be inserted the words “; and each voting paper—
(a)must clearly specify the address to which, and the date by which, the voting paper is to be returned;
(b)must be given one of a series of consecutive whole numbers every one of which is used in giving a different number in that series to each voting paper printed or otherwise produced for the purposes of the ballot; and
(c)must be marked with its number.”
(2)The approval which is required under section 4 of the 1913 Act to be given in relation to any ballot taken after the coming into force of this paragraph shall be an approval given after the coming into force of this paragraph.