# The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012, Article 59: Officials not to act for candidates


(1) If any person who is—
(a) a police area returning officer or local returning officer at a PCC election, or
(b) a deputy of any such returning officer, or
(c) an officer of a local authority whose services have been placed at the disposal of such a returning officer, or
(d) an officer or clerk appointed under the PCC elections rules, or
(e) a deputy or clerk appointed under regulation 5 of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Functions of Returning Officers) Regulations 2012 , or
(f) a partner or clerk of a person mentioned in any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) in connection with that person's official duties,
acts as a candidate's agent in the conduct or management of the election, the person is guilty of an offence, but nothing in this paragraph prevents a candidate from acting as the candidate's own election agent.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this article is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1917/article/59 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/article-59
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