SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Combination of polls: Northern Ireland

PART 1Provision about combination

The poll

List of voters with disabilities assisted by companions

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1

If the Chief Electoral Officer thinks fit, a single list of voters with disabilities assisted by companions 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 voters with disabilities assisted by companions” means a list compiled under—

a

rule 31(8) of the referendum rules,

b

rule 39(4) of the Assembly Elections Rules, or

c

rule 36(4) of the Local Elections Rules.