REFERENDUM ACT 1994
Secrecy.
7.—A person who at a referendum is—
(a) present at the issue of ballot papers to postal voters,
(b) present while a special voter is voting,
(c) present at the opening of postal ballot boxes,
(d) admitted to a polling station in any capacity, or
(e) present in any capacity at the counting of the votes,
shall maintain, and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the ballot.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C5
Prospective affecting provision: section applied with modifications by Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 (15/2004), ss. 6(b), 7 and sch. 3 para. (f), not commenced as of date of revision.
Application of certain provisions of relevant enactments
6.—The provisions of— ...
(b) Parts I, II and IV of the Act of 1994,
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shall, subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 1, 2, 3 or 4 to this Act, apply and have effect in relation to voting and vote counting under this Part at a relevant election or, as the case may be, a referendum.
Modification of relevant enactments in their application for purposes of Act
7.—Schedules 1 to 4 to this Act have effect for the purpose of modifying certain enactments in so far as those enactments apply for the purposes of this Act.
SCHEDULE 3
Modification of Certain Provisions of Act of 1994
For the purpose of the application by virtue of this Act to voting and the counting of votes at a referendum of certain provisions of the Act of 1994, the said provisions as so applied shall have effect as if— ...
(f) in section 7 of that Act, there were inserted “and the entering of votes on postal and special voter ballot papers on a voting machine” after “postal ballot boxes” in paragraph (c);
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