{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-regional-assembly-and-local-government-referendums-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-regional-assembly-and-local-government-referendums-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110494687",
  "legislation_title": "The Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-regional-assembly-and-local-government-referendums-order-2004",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Ballot packs issued",
  "text": "(1) The counting officer shall issue to each elector for whom a proxy has not been appointed and to each proxy appointed by an elector—\n(a) a ballot paper for each referendum at which that person is entitled to vote;\n(b) a security statement in the form set out in Form 4 in the Appendix, or a form to the like effect;\n(c) instructions to the voter in the form set out in Form 5 in the Appendix, or a form to the like effect;\n(d) envelopes for the return of the ballot paper and security statement as prescribed in rule 17;\n(e) where that person is entitled to vote at a local government referendum, the explanatory material about the options for single tier local government in the local government referendum area, as prescribed by an order made under Part 1 of the Preparations Act.\n(2) The items issued as described in paragraph (1) shall be known collectively as a “ballot pack”.\n(3) In respect of each ballot pack, the same ballot number shall be marked—\n(a) on the ballot paper, or in the case of combined polls, the ballot papers issued in respect of each referendum;\n(b) on the security statement issued with the ballot paper;\n(c) save as provided in rule 17(2)(c), on the covering envelope; and\n(d) save as provided in rule 17(3)(d), on the ballot paper envelope.\n(4) The name and address of the person to whom a ballot pack is issued may be printed on items in the ballot pack other than any ballot paper or ballot paper envelope.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110494687/schedule/1/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:23:43.165722+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."
}