Paragraph 18 The official mark

(1)

Every ballot paper must contain an appropriate security marking (the official mark).

(2)

The official mark must be kept secret, and an interval of not less than five years shall intervene between the use of the same official mark at elections for the same county, F1... district or London borough as the case may be.

(3)

The returning officer may use a different official mark for different purposes as the same election.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 3 rule 18(2) omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of The Local Elections (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/263), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(4) (with reg. 12(d))

Notes on Schedule 3

Modifications

C1: Sch. 3 modified (1.2.2007) by The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/236), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 Pt. 3
C2: Sch. 3 applied (with modifications) (E.) (18.2.2012) by The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/444), reg. 1, Sch. 4 para. 1 Table 9 (with reg. 27)
C3: Sch. 3 applied (with modifications) (W.) (4.12.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1399), regs. 2, 6(3)(4)