Rule 29 Provision of polling stationsI1

England and Wales

(1)

The returning officer must—

(a)

provide a sufficient number of polling stations, and

(b)

allot the electors to the polling stations.

(2)

One or more polling stations may be provided in the same room.

(3)

The returning officer must provide each polling station with such number of compartments as may be necessary in which voters can mark their votes screened from observation.

(4)

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 this rule are to be discharged by the co-ordinating returning officer).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 rule 29 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))