A ballot-paper in a Council election that—
(a) has, in not less than 5 of the squares printed opposite the names of the candidates, numbers in the sequence of consecutive numbers starting with the number 1; and
(b) would be informal by virtue of section 112(1)(d)—
is taken to be formal in relation to the preferences marked on the ballot-paper by numbers up to a break in the sequence.
S. 112B inserted by No. 2/2003 s. 38.