Regulation 6 Amendment of the 1984 Regulations

In regulation 12 of the 1984 Regulations, after paragraph (ea) there shall be inserted—

“(eb)

in the case of a question the purpose of which falls within paragraphs (b)(i) or (e) of regulation 5, above, that the requirements of subsection (2) of section 15 of the 1988 Act have been satisfied in relation to that ballot;

(ec)

in the case of a question the purpose of which falls within paragraphs (b)(i) or (e) of regulation 5, above, that each voting paper—

(i)

clearly specified the address to which, and the date by which, the voting paper was to be returned;

(ii)

was given one of a series of consecutive whole numbers every one of which was used in giving a different number in that series to each voting paper printed or otherwise produced for the purposes of the ballot; and

(iii)

was marked with its number;”.