Rule 50 Adjournment of poll in case of riotI1

England and Wales

(1)

This rule applies where proceedings at any polling station are interrupted or obstructed by riot or open violence.

(2)

The presiding officer must—

(a)

adjourn the proceedings until the following day, and

(b)

immediately inform the co-ordinating returning officer.

(3)

Where the poll is adjourned at a polling station—

(a)

the hours of polling on the day to which it is adjourned must be the same as for the original day, and

(b)

references in these rules to the close of the poll are to be read as references to the end of the hours of polling on the day to which it is adjourned.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 rule 50 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))