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Paragraph 30 Form of postal voting statement...F6

England and Wales

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

(1)

This paragraph specifies the form of the postal voting statement which is to be used for the purposes of rule 25 of the PCC elections rules.

(2)

Form 2 or a form to like effect is to be used at a PCC election taken alone.

F1(3)

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(4)

F2Where—

(a)

the proceedings at a PCC election and another election or referendum are taken together, and

(b)

the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers at both elections are taken together,

the form of the postal voting statement which is to be used is the form of that statement which is required to be used at that other election or referendum F3, with the addition of the F4... voting instructions for PCC elections.

(5)

Form 4 or a form to like effect is to be used where—

(a)

the proceedings at a PCC election and another election or referendum are taken together, but

(b)

the proceedings the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers are not taken together.

(6)

In this paragraph—

(a)

references to a numbered form are to the form of that number which is set out in Part 4 of this Schedule;

F5(b)

“the voting instructions for PCC elections” are—

“Vote for only one candidate by putting a cross [X] in the box next to your choice.”

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 2 para. 30(3) omitted (6.4.2014) by virtue of The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/921), arts. 1(5), 17(2) (with art. 1(5))

F2

Word in Sch. 2 para. 30(4) substituted (6.4.2014) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/921), arts. 1(5), 17(3)(a) (with art. 1(5))

F3

Words in Sch. 2 para. 30(4) inserted (6.4.2014) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/921), arts. 1(5), 17(3)(b) (with art. 1(5))

F4

Word in Sch. 2 para. 30(4) omitted (21.12.2022) with application in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1354), art. 4(a)(i)

F5

Sch. 2 para. 30(6)(b) substituted (21.12.2022) with application in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1354), art. 4(a)(ii)

F6

Words in Sch. 2 para. 30 heading omitted (6.4.2014) by virtue of The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/921), arts. 1(5), 17(5) (with art. 1(5))