15. In regulation 25 (other voting offences)—
(a)after paragraph (7) insert—
“(7A) A person is not guilty of an offence under paragraph (3)(b) or (4)(b) only by reason of his having marked a tendered ballot paper in pursuance of rule 42(4) or (6) of the European Parliamentary elections rules”; and
(b)in paragraph (8) for “rule 40(4)” substitute “rule 42(9)”.