{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-parliamentary-elections-regulations-1999/schedule-1/part-ANNEX",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-parliamentary-elections-regulations-1999/schedule-1/part-ANNEX.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/1999/0110822897",
  "legislation_title": "European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-parliamentary-elections-regulations-1999",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/ANNEX",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "ANNEX",
  "heading": "Form of front of ballot paper",
  "text": "Directions as to printing the ballot paper\n1 Nothing is to be printed on the ballot paper except in accordance with these directions.\n2 So far as practicable, the arrangements set out in paragraphs 3 to 18 below shall be observed in the printing of the ballot paper.\n3 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.\n4 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.\n5 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.\n6 No horizontal rule shall be printed on the face except—\n(a) the higher horizontal rule immediately below the statement mentioned in paragraph 3 above, and\n(b) the lower horizontal rule at the foot of the ballot paper.\n7 No vertical rule shall be printed on the face except—\n(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;\n(b) the vertical lines separating the names of registered political parties and the names of candidates on party lists;\n(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;\n(d) the vertical rules separating the names and descriptions of individual candidates; and\n(e) the vertical rule nearest to the right edge of the ballot paper.\n8 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.\n9 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.\n10 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.\n11 The box in which a vote may be marked shall not be less than 1.5 centimetres square.\n12 Where a registered emblem of a registered political party is to be included with that party’s name—\n(a) it shall be printed adjacent and to the right of the box in which a vote may be marked, and\n(b) its size as printed shall not exceed two centimetres square.\n13 Subject to paragraphs 14 to 17 below, all of the words on the ballot paper shall appear in the same large type.\n14 The words “Election for the European Parliament” shall appear in very large type.\n15 The name of the electoral region shall appear in capitals.\n16 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.\n17 The names of the candidates on a party’s list of candidates and the description of individual candidates shall appear in ordinary type.\n18 The number on the back of the ballot paper shall be printed in small characters.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1999/0110822897/schedule/1/part/ANNEX",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:19:37.531127+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}