Article 59 Officials not to act for candidates

(1)

If any person who is—

(a)

a police area returning officer or local returning officer at a PCC election, or

(b)

a deputy of any such returning officer, or

(c)

an officer of a local authority whose services have been placed at the disposal of such a returning officer, or

(d)

an officer or clerk appointed under the PCC elections rules, or

(e)

a deputy or clerk appointed under regulation 5 of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Functions of Returning Officers) Regulations 2012^f1, or

(f)

a partner or clerk of a person mentioned in any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) in connection with that person’s official duties,

acts as a candidate’s agent in the conduct or management of the election, the person is guilty of an offence, but nothing in this paragraph prevents a candidate from acting as the candidate’s own election agent.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under this article is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2012/XXX.