F2SCHEDULE 5The Local Government Act Referendums (Combination of Polls) Rules

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

PART 1Citation and Interpretation

Interpretation2

1

In these Rules—

  • F4“anonymous elector’s document” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1) of the Voter Identification Regulations 2022;

  • “relevant returning or counting officer” means the returning officer or the counting officer discharging the functions under (as the case may be)—

    1. a

      regulation 5 of the Combination of Polls Regulations F1; or

    2. b

      regulation 13(2);

  • “voter” means a person entitled to vote on his or her own behalf.

  • F3“temporary electoral identity document” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1) of the Voter Identification Regulations 2022;

2

Subject to paragraph (1), expressions used both in these Rules and the 1983 Act (as it applies to local government elections) have the same meaning in these Rules as they have in that Act.