Paragraph 28 Admission to polling station

(1)

The presiding officer shall exclude all persons from the polling station except—

(a)

voters;

(b)

persons under the age of 18 who accompany voters to the polling station;

(c)

the candidates and their election agents;

(d)

the polling agents appointed to attend at the polling station;

(e)

the clerks appointed to attend at the polling station;

(f)

the constables on duty;

(g)

the companions of voters with disabilities;

(h)

the returning officer and the returning officer’s staff; and

(i)

persons entitled to attend in accordance with sections 6A to 6D of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

(2)

The presiding officer shall regulate the total number of voters and persons under the age of 18 who accompany them to be admitted to the polling station at the same time.

(3)

Not more than one polling agent shall be admitted at the same time to a polling station on behalf of the same candidate.

(4)

A constable or person employed by a returning officer shall not be admitted to vote in person elsewhere than at the polling station allotted under these rules, except on production and surrender of a certificate as to such employment which shall be in the form set out in Form 14, or a form to the like effect, and signed by an officer of police of or above the rank of inspector or by the returning officer, as the case may be.

(5)

Any certificate surrendered under this rule shall forthwith be cancelled.