Paragraph 15 Modification of the Local Elections Rules
Rule 41 (procedure on close of poll)f1 applies as if—
in paragraph (1) after “polling agents”, where those words first appear, there were inserted “appointed for the purposes of the local election and those appointed for the purposes of the European Parliamentary election”;
after paragraph (1) there were inserted—
“(1A)Separate packets must be made up in respect of the local election and the European Parliamentary election for the purpose of each of sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (e) of paragraph (1).”; and
in paragraph (3), after “presiding officer” there were inserted “separately for the purposes of the local election and the European Parliamentary election”.
Annotations
Footnotes
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Rule 41 was amended by S.I. 2001/417; Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22); Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33); and S.I. 2010/2977. In addition, section 4 of, and the Schedule to, the Elections Act 2001 (c. 7) made a non-textual amendment when local elections are combined with parliamentary elections.