Regulation 15 Modification of forms

(1)

The Chief Counting Officer may, for the purpose of making a relevant form easier for voters to understand or use, specify modifications that are to be made to the wording or appearance of the form.

(2)

In paragraph (1) “relevant form” means any of the following—

(a)

the forms in Schedule 4, except Forms 1 (ballot paper), 2 (corresponding number list), 13 (corresponding number list for use in polling stations), 16 (certificate of employment Great Britain) or 17 (certificate of employment Northern Ireland);

(b)

the forms of the notices set out in regulation 22(8).

(3)

In these Regulations a reference to such a form is to be read as a reference to that form with any modifications specified under paragraph (1).

(4)

Where a form is modified by virtue of paragraph (1), section 26(2) of the Welsh Language Act 1993^f1 applies as if the modified form were specified by these Regulations^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1993 c.38.
f2: See section 9(6) of the 2015 Act.