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Part 11 of this Regulation, in its application to a constitutional referendum, de-amalgamation referendum or council poll, is modified as follows—
a reference to a ballot-paper is taken to be a reference to a poll-paper,
scrutineers are to be appointed not by candidates but by the returning officer at the request of the general manager or mayor of the relevant council, or by the registered officer for a political party registered in the Local Government Register of Political Parties, or by the Electoral Commissioner,
a reference in section 353(1) or (2) to a candidate is taken to be a reference to a scrutineer appointed in relation to the referendum or poll,
section 353(2)(d) is taken to read as follows—
be lodged with the returning officer within 24 hours after the persons present are informed of the result of the count.
section 356(2) is taken to be omitted and the following subsection inserted instead—
The declaration is to be signed by the returning officer and is to state the question on the poll-paper and the number of “Yes” votes and the number of “No” votes.
if the constitutional referendum, de-amalgamation referendum or council poll is not to be held in conjunction with an election of councillors—a reference to the election day is taken to be a reference to the day on which the referendum or poll is held.
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