Amendments in relation to forwarding of documents
36.—(1) In regulation 91(1)(a) after “78(2C),” insert “78A(2),”.
(2) After regulation 91(3) insert—
“(3A) A returning officer, shall at the same time as forwarding the documents mentioned in paragraph (1)—
(a)forward the list required to be compiled under regulation 87(4) to the relevant registration officer determined in accordance with rule 55(1A) of the election rules, and
(b)where the constituency comprises any part of the area of more than one local authority, the returning officer shall also forward a copy of such extracts of the list required to be compiled under regulation 87(4) as are relevant to each of the other registration officers concerned.”
(3) In regulation 91(4), at the end insert “except that in applying those rules to the list compiled under regulation 87(4), the list and any extracts from it are to be treated in the same manner as a counted ballot paper.”.