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Part ANNEX Form of front of ballot paper

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Directions as to printing the ballot paper

1

Nothing is to be printed on the ballot paper except in accordance with these directions.

2

So far as practicable, the arrangements set out in paragraphs 3 to 18 below shall be observed in the printing of the ballot paper.

3

No word shall be printed on the face of the ballot paper except the words Election for the European Parliament, the name of the electoral region, the statement You have one vote, the direction to mark an X in one box with an arrow above it, the names of registered political parties, the names and descriptions of individual candidates, the names of candidates on a party list and words forming parts of emblems.

4

The words Election for the European Parliament, the name of the region and the statement referred to in paragraph 3 above shall appear above the higher horizontal rule.

5

The direction and the arrow mentioned in paragraph 3 above shall appear on the left side of the ballot paper. The arrow shall appear on the same horizontal plane as the boxes in which a vote may be marked and shall point to the right.

6

No horizontal rule shall be printed on the face except—

(a)

the higher horizontal rule immediately below the statement mentioned in paragraph 3 above, and

(b)

the lower horizontal rule at the foot of the ballot paper.

7

No vertical rule shall be printed on the face except—

(a)

the vertical rule separating the direction mentioned in paragraph 3 above on the left side of the ballot paper from the names of registered political parties and the names of candidates on party lists;

(b)

the vertical lines separating the names of registered political parties and the names of candidates on party lists;

(c)

the vertical rule separating the names of a registered political party and the names of the candidates on the party list from the name and description of an individual candidate;

(d)

the vertical rules separating the names and descriptions of individual candidates; and

(e)

the vertical rule nearest to the right edge of the ballot paper.

8

The whole space on the ballot paper between the vertical rule nearest to the left edge and the vertical rule nearest to the right edge shall be equally divided by each of the other vertical rules.

9

The lines of each box in which a vote may be marked are not to be regarded as rules for the purpose of these directions.

10

The boxes in which a vote may be marked shall appear immediately below the higher horizontal line and immediately above the names of registered political parties and individual candidates.

11

The box in which a vote may be marked shall not be less than 1.5 centimetres square.

12

Where a registered emblem of a registered political party is to be included with that party’s name—

(a)

it shall be printed adjacent and to the right of the box in which a vote may be marked, and

(b)

its size as printed shall not exceed two centimetres square.

13

Subject to paragraphs 14 to 17 below, all of the words on the ballot paper shall appear in the same large type.

14

The words “Election for the European Parliament” shall appear in very large type.

15

The name of the electoral region shall appear in capitals.

16

No other capitals shall be used except initial capitals for names of parties and candidates and the first word in the statement and in the direction referred to in paragraph 3 above.

17

The names of the candidates on a party’s list of candidates and the description of individual candidates shall appear in ordinary type.

18

The number on the back of the ballot paper shall be printed in small characters.

Notes on Schedule 1

Footnotes

f1

Section 29 was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11) and the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1728.

f2

Subsections (1)(d) and (3) of section 49 were repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act and subsection (5) was substituted by Schedule 2 to the Local Government Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Members) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1948).

f3

Section 52 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act, Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39).

f4

Section 54 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f5

Subsection (4A) of section 56 was inserted by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act and subsections (1)(c) and (6) were repealed by Schedule 5 to that Act.

f6

Section 61 was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 1985 Act.

f7

Section 63 was substituted by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f8

Subsection (3) and (4) of section 65 were substituted by Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act.

f9

Section 66(6) was amended by Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act.

f10

Section 67(4) was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f11

Section 68(3) was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f12

Section 69(1) was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f13

Section 70(3A) was inserted by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f14

Section 73(2) was amended by section 14(1) of the 1985 Act.

f15

Section 74(1) was amended by section 14(2) of the 1985 Act.

f16

Section 75(1)(i) was amended by Schedule 20 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42) and Schedule 10 to the Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55); section 75(1)(ii) was amended by section 14(3) of the 1985 Act and subsections (2), (4) and (5) of section 75 were amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f17

Section 76(3) was repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act.

f18

Section 78 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f19

Section 79 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f20

Section 81 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f21

Section 82 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act, Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) and was repealed in part by Schedule 17 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51).

f22

Section 86(1A) was inserted by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f23

Section 87(3) was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f24

Section 88 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f25

Section 89 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f26

Section 91(1) was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f27

Section 92(1) was substituted by Schedule 20 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42).

f28

Section 94 has been amended but the amendment is not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations.

f29

Subsections (1) and (4) of section 95 were amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act and subsection (2)(a) by Part I of Schedule 12 to the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40).

f30

Section 97(3) was repealed in part in its application to England and Wales by Part I of Schedule 7 to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60).

f31

Section 98 was repealed as respects England and Wales by Part I of Schedule 13 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41).

f32

Section 99(2) was substituted by Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act.

f33

Section 100(2) was amended by Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act.

f34

Section 103(2) was repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act.

f35

Section 104(b) was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act.

f36

Section 106(4) was repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act.

f37

Subsection (3) of, and “also” in subsection (4) of, section 108 were repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act.

f38

Section 110(3) was amended by Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act.

f39

Section 118 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f40

Subsections (2) and (3) of section 119 were substituted by section 19(4) of the 1985 Act.

f41

Paragraph 6 has been amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999.

f42

Section 124 was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act.

f43

Section 125(a) was repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act.

f44

Section 136 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f45

Section 140 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f46

Subsections (3) and (4) of section 141 were repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act.

f47

Section 167(1A) was inserted by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f48

Subsection (1) of section 168 was substituted for subsections (1) to (4) by Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act and subsections (5) and (6) were repealed by Schedule 5 to that Act.

f49

Section 169 was amended by Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act and repealed in part by Schedule 5 to that Act.

f50

Section 175(1) was amended by Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act.

f51

Section 176 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act and Schedule 2 to the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73).

f52

Section 178 was substituted by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f53

Subsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 181 were amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act; subsection (6) was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to that Act; subsections (4) and (8) were repealed as respects England and Wales by Schedule 2 to the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23).

f54

Subsections (1) and (1A) of section 200 were substituted by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f55

In section 202(1) the definitions of “absent voters list” and “list of proxies” were inserted by Schedule 2 to the 1985 Act; the definition of “overseas elector’s declaration” was inserted by section 4(5) of that Act; the definition of “citizen of the Union” was inserted by S.I. 1995/1948; the definition of “Attorney General” was repealed by the Schedule to the Law Officers Act 1997 (c. 60); the definition of “registration duties” was repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act; the definitions of “standard scale” and “statutory maximum” were repealed by Part XIV of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law Repeals Act 1993 (c. 50).

f56

Section 203(2) was repealed in part by Schedule 17 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 50).

f57

Rule 2 was amended by section 19(5) of the 1985 Act.

f58

Rule 5 was amended by Schedules 2 and 4 to the 1985 Act.

f59

Rule 6A was inserted by Schedule 2 to the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998.

f60

Relevant amendments to paragraph 5 have been made by regulation 3 of the 1994 Regulations and paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999.

f61

Rule 9 was amended by section 13 of, and Schedule 4 to, the 1985 Act.

f62

Rule 12 was amended by Schedule 2 to the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998.

f63

Section 3 was substituted by section 1 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999.

f64

Paragraphs (2A) and (2B) of rule 19 were inserted by Schedule 2 to the Registration of Political Parties 1998 and rule 19(2)(d) was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f65

Rule 22(1)(i) was amended by Schedule 19 to the Education Act 1993 (c. 35) (and continues to have effect by virtue of Part I of Schedule 37 to the Education Act 1996 (c. 56)) and paragraph (3) was repealed by Part I of Schedule 13 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41).

f66

Rule 23 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act and repealed in part by Schedule 5 to that Act.

f67

Rule 24 was amended by Schedules 2 and 4 to the 1985 Act.

f68

Rule 25 was amended by S.I. 1996/739.

f69

Rule 28 amended by section 4(6) of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1985 Act.

f70

Rule 29(5) was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f71

Rule 31 was substituted by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f72

Rule 37(1)(b) was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f73

Rule 40(1)(b) was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act.

f74

Paragraphs (1) and (1A) of rule 45 were substituted by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f75

Rule 53 was amended by section 13 of, and Schedule 4 to, the 1985 Act.

f76

The form of directions was substituted by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f77

Paragraph 1 has been amended by Schedule 12 to the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40).

f78

Subsections (2)(aa) and (2A) of section 6 were inserted by the Representation of the People Act 1990 (c. 32) and subsection (2A) was amended by S.I. 1996/739, S.I. 1997/138 and Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19).

f79

Subsections (3) and (3A) of section 8 were substituted, and subsection (4) was amended, by S.I. 1995/1948 and subsection (11) was repealed by Part IX of Schedule 27 to the Finance Act 1985 (c. 54).

f80

Paragraph (b) of section 9(5) was amended, and paragraph (bb) was inserted, by S.I. 1997/138; paragraph (c) was amended by Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), and paragraph (d) was amended by S.I. 1996/739.

f81

The definition of “Assembly” in section 27(1) was repealed by the Schedule to the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58).