Rule 41 Declaration of resultI1

England and Wales

When the result of the poll has been ascertained, the counting officer must forthwith—

(a)

declare the result of the referendum,

(b)

inform the proper officer of the authority by or in respect of which the referendum was held of the result of the referendum,

(c)

give public notice of—

(i)

the result of the referendum,

(ii)

the number of ballot papers counted,

(iii)

the total number of votes cast for each answer, and

(iv)

the number of rejected ballot papers under each head shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers.

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