SCHEDULE 4Combination of polls

PART 2Modifications to Schedule 5 to apply where the poll at an Assembly election is taken together with a poll at a local government election under Article 16 (1) or (2)

Rule 46 of Schedule 5 (voting procedure)12

At the end of rule 46 of Schedule 5 add—

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Where the poll at an Assembly election is taken together with a poll at a local government election the same copy of the register of electors or where paragraph (3) applies, the same copy of the notice may be used under paragraph (1) for each election and—

a

one mark may be placed in that register or on that notice under paragraph (1)(c) or in the list of proxies under paragraph (1)(d) to denote that a ballot paper has been received in respect of each election; and

b

where a ballot paper has not been issued in respect of each election, a different mark shall be placed in the register, on the notice or list so as to identify the election in respect of which the ballot paper was issued.