Paragraph 48 Attendance at allocation of seats

(1)

The GLRO shall make arrangements for making the allocation of seats in the presence of the election agents of the individual candidates (including, in the case of a list candidate, the election agent for that list); and he shall give to those agents notice in writing of the time and place at which he will begin the allocation.

(2)

No person other than—

(a)

the GLRO and his clerks,

(b)

the candidates,

(c)

the election agents,

(d)

the nominating officers of those registered parties standing nominated at the election, and

(e)

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 an allocation, unless permitted by the GLRO to attend.

(3)

A person not entitled to attend an allocation shall not be permitted to do so by the GLRO unless the GLRO—

(a)

is satisfied that the efficiency of the allocation 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).