Paragraph 30 Notification of requirement of secrecy

(1)

The returning officer must make such arrangements as the returning officer thinks fit to ensure that—

(a)

every person attending at a polling station (otherwise than for the purpose of voting or assisting a voter with disabilities to vote or as a constable on duty there) has been given a copy in writing of the provisions of subsections (1), (3) and (6) of section 66 of the 1983 Act, and

(b)

every person attending at the counting of the votes (other than any constable on duty at the counting) has been given a copy in writing of the provisions of subsections (2) and (6) of that section.

(2)

In this rule, a reference to a constable includes a person designated as a community support officer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002^f1 (police powers for employees).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2002 c. 30.