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Paragraph 8 Paragraph 34 of Schedule 5 (equipment of polling stations)

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

After paragraph 34(2) of Schedule 5 there shall be inserted—

“(2A)

Where the poll at an Assembly election is taken together with a poll at a local government election the same ballot box shall be used for the receipt of ballot papers in respect of votes given at each election.”.

(2)

After paragraph 34(7) of Schedule 5 there shall be inserted—

“(7A)

Where a poll at an Assembly election is taken together with a poll at a local government election, the notice in the form set out in English and Welsh in the Appendix, giving directions for the guidance of the voters in voting, shall be printed in conspicuous characters and exhibited inside and outside every polling station.”.

(3)

For paragraph 34(8) and (9) of Schedule 5 there shall be substituted—

“(8)

Where the poll at an Assembly election is taken together with a poll at a local government election in every compartment of every polling station there shall be exhibited the notice—

(a)

in respect of a constituency election—

  • “Vote for one candidate only on the constituency ballot paper coloured [colour of ballot paper]. Put no other mark on the ballot paper or your vote may not be counted.

  • Pleidleisiwch dros un ymgeisydd yn unig ar y papur pleidleisio etholaeth lliw [lliw'r papur pleidleisio]. Peidiwch â rhoi unrhyw farc arall ar y papur pleidleisio, neu fe all na chaiff eich pleidlais ei chyfrif.”,

(b)

in respect of a regional election—

  • “Vote once only on the regional ballot paper coloured [colour of ballot paper]. Put no other mark on the ballot paper or your vote may not be counted.

  • Pleidleisiwch unwaith yn unig ar y papur pleidleisio rhanbarthol lliw [lliw'r papur pleidleisio]. Peidiwch â rhoi unrhyw farc arall ar y papur pleidleisio, neu fe all na chaiff eich pleidlais ei chyfrif.”, and

(c)

in respect of a local government election—

(i)

where there is more than one candidate to be returned for an electoral area—

“Vote for no more than . . . candidates on the local government ballot paper coloured [colour of ballot paper]. Put no other marks on the ballot paper or your votes may not be counted.

Peidiwch â phleidleisio dros fwy na(g) . . . o ymgeiswyr ar y papur pleidleisio llywodraeth leol lliw [lliw'r papur pleidleisio]. Peidiwch â rhoi unrhyw farciau eraill ar y papur pleidleisio, neu fe all na chaiff eich pleidleisiau eu cyfrif.”, or

(ii)

where there is one candidate to be returned for an electoral area—

“Vote for no more than one candidate on the local government ballot paper coloured [colour of ballot paper]. Put no other mark on the ballot paper or your vote may not be counted.

Peidiwch â phleidleisio dros fwy nag un ymgeisydd ar y papur pleidleisio llywodraeth leol lliw [lliw'r papur pleidleisio]. Peidiwch â rhoi unrhyw farc arall ar y papur pleidleisio, neu fe all na chaiff eich pleidlais ei chyfrif.”.”