Paragraph 36 Spoilt ballot papers
Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:
- Sch. 1 rule 20 substituted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 1
- Sch. 1 rule 30(2) words substituted by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) 2005 art. 2(12) Sch. 12 para. 8(2)(a)
- Sch. 1 rule 34(3)(b) words substituted by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) 2005 art. 2(12) Sch. 12 para. 8(2)(b)
- Sch. 1 rule 39(2)(b) words substituted by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) 2005 art. 2(12) Sch. 12 para. 8(2)(c)
- Sch.1 modified by Greater London Authority Election (Early Voting) 2000 art.4. Sch.2
- Sch. 1 rule 23A inserted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 2
- Sch. 1 rule 24(4)(5) substituted for Sch. 1 rule 24(4) by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 3
- Sch. 1 rule 24A inserted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 4
- Sch. 1 rule 26 words substituted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 5
- Sch. 1 rule 27(1)(d) word omitted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 6(a)
- Sch. 1 rule 27(e) words substituted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 6(b)
- Sch. 1 rule 27(f) inserted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 6(b)
- Sch. 1 rule 34 substituted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 7
- Sch. 1 rule 38 words substituted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 8
- Sch. 1 rule 39(2)(e) and word inserted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 9
- Sch. 1 rule 40(4) substituted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 10
- Sch. 1 rule 41(1)(aa) inserted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 11(a)
- Sch. 1 rule 41(4)(aa) inserted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 11(b)
- Sch. 1 rule 48 words substituted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 12(a)
- Sch. 1 rule 48(1) words substituted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 12(b)
- Sch. 1 rule 48(3) inserted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 12(c)
- Sch. 1 rule 49(1)(a) words substituted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 13(a)
- Sch. 1 rule 49(1)(b) words substituted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 13(b)
- Sch. 1 rule 49(2) words substituted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 13(c)
- Sch. 1 rule 49(6) words substituted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 13(d)
- Sch. 1 rule 49(8) words substituted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 13(e)
- Sch. 1 rule 50(1) words substituted by Greater London Authority Elections 2004 Sch. 1 para. 14
A voter who has inadvertently dealt with his ballot paper in such manner that it cannot be conveniently used as a ballot paper may, on delivering it to the presiding officer and proving to his satisfaction the fact of the inadvertence, obtain another ballot paper in the place of the ballot paper so delivered (in these Rules referred to as “a spoilt ballot paper”), and the spoilt ballot paper shall be immediately cancelled.