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Local Electoral Act 2001

Miscellaneous provisions

157: Transitional provisions relating to voting documents

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"Temporary rules for voting papers in the 2001 election"

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You are voting in the triennial general election on 13 October 2001. Some rules about voting documents do not apply. Instead, old rules from the Local Elections and Polls Act 1976 are used. You need to follow these old rules when using voting documents. The old rules say 'voting paper' or 'voting papers', but you use 'voting document' or 'voting documents' instead. The rules might be slightly modified to fit this election. The modifications can be found in regulations made under the Local Electoral Act 2001. Other necessary changes are also made to the old rules. This is how the voting documents are used for the election and any poll on 13 October 2001.

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Part 8Miscellaneous provisions

157Transitional provisions relating to voting documents

  1. For the purposes of the triennial general election and any poll to be held on 13 October 2001,—

  2. sections 75 to 77 do not apply to voting documents:
    1. sections 25 and 25A of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1976 apply to the voting documents to be used at the election and any poll, and those sections and the provisions referred to in those sections apply—
      1. as if every reference to a voting paper or voting papers were a reference to a voting document or voting documents, as the case may require; and
        1. with any modifications specified in regulations made under this Act; and
          1. with any other necessary modifications.