Paragraph 11 Paragraph 42 of Schedule 5 (voting procedure)

At the end of paragraph 42 of Schedule 5 there shall be added—

“(5)

Where the poll at an Assembly election is taken together with a poll at a local government election the same copy of the register of electors may be used under sub-paragraph (1) for each election and one mark may be placed in that register under sub-paragraph (1)(d) or in the list of proxies under sub-paragraph (1)(e) to denote that a ballot paper has been received in respect of each election; except that, where a ballot paper has been issued in respect of one election only, a different mark shall be placed in the register or, as the case may be, list so as to identify the election in respect of which the ballot paper was issued.”.