Rule 27 Notice of pollI1
England and Wales
The returning officer must publish notice of the poll stating—
the day and hours fixed for the poll,
the number of councillors to be elected for the electoral area, and
the names and descriptions (if any) of each candidate remaining validly nominated and their home address information.
The candidates’ particulars, and the order of the candidates’ names, must be the same as in the statement of persons nominated.
The returning officer must, before or at the same time as publishing notice of the poll, also publish notice of—
the situation of each polling station, and
the description of voters entitled to vote there.
The notice published under paragraph (3) must—
state that the poll at the community election is to be taken together with the poll at one or more relevant elections,
specify the constituency or, as appropriate, other area to which each relevant election relates, and
where any of the polls are to be taken together only in part of the community, specify that part.
The returning officer must, as soon as practicable after publishing notice under paragraph (3), give a copy of it to each of the candidates or their election agents (if appointed).
Where the returning officer is not the co-ordinating returning officer, see also regulations 4 and 5 of the Combination of Polls Regulations (which provide for circumstances in which the functions of the returning officer under paragraphs (3) to (5) are to be discharged by the co-ordinating returning officer).
Annotations
Commencement
- I1
Sch. 2 rule 27 in force at 17.12.2021, see rule 1
Notes on Schedule 2
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) (18.7.2025) by The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/864), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 paras. 26, 29 (with art. 1(4))