Rule 2 Amendment of the Parish and Community Meetings (Polls) Rules 1987

after paragraph (d) insert—

“(da)

in respect of the election of the chairman of a parish meeting or a poll consequent on a parish meeting, section 66 is to be read as if—

(i)

subsections (3A) to (4) and any reference to an election agent or the proxy for an elector were omitted;

(ii)

in subsections (2)(b), (3)(b), (c) and (d), (4A) and (5), after “the candidate for whom” there were inserted “or the manner in which”;”;

in paragraph (e), at the beginning insert “in respect of a poll consequent on a community meeting,”.

for “voter with disabilities” substitute “relevant voter within the meaning of section 66(4B) of the Representation of the People Act 1983”;

for “rule 6(e)” substitute “rule 6(da) or (e)”.