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 47 of Schedule 5 (votes marked by presiding officer)13

At the end of rule 47 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 list of votes marked by the presiding officer may be used for each election and, where it is so used, an entry in that list shall be taken to mean that the ballot papers were so marked in respect of each election, unless the list identifies the election at which a ballot paper was so marked.