Paragraph 48 Attendance at central calculation

The GLRO shall make arrangements for making the central calculation in the presence of the election agents and he shall give to those agents notice in writing of the time and place at which he will begin the calculation.

(2)

No person other than—

(a)

the GLRO and his clerks,

(b)

the candidates,

(c)

the election agents, at an ordinary election, the nominating officers permitted to be present at the allocation of seats for London Members of the Assembly, and

(d)

any person authorised by the Electoral Commission^f1 to attend at the counting of the votes as a representative of the Commission,

may be present at a calculation, unless permitted by the GLRO to attend.

(3)

A person not entitled to attend a calculation shall not be permitted to do so by the GLRO unless he—

(a)

is satisfied that the efficiency of the calculation will not be impeded; and

(b)

has either consulted the election agents or thought it impracticable to do so.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The Electoral Commission is established by section 1 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41).