Instructions on the ballot paper are to indicate that –

(a) the elector is to number the boxes from 1 to a number (being the number of candidates) in order of choice; and

(b) the elector's vote will not count unless the elector numbers –

(i) in the case of an Assembly ballot paper, at least five boxes; and

(ii) in the case of a Council ballot paper, at least the number of boxes required under section 102(2)(a) .