Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 heading omitted (7.2.2024) by virtue of The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 11(2)
20.—(1) Every ballot paper must contain an appropriate security marking (the official mark).
(2) The official mark must be kept secret, and an interval of not less than five years shall intervene between the use of the same official mark at an election for the same combined authority [F2or, as the case may be, combined county authority].
(3) The returning officer may use a different official mark for different purposes at the same election.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 1 rule 20(2) inserted (7.2.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 11(11)