# Recall of MPs Act 2015, Section 6: Petition officers


(1) There is to be a petition officer in relation to a recall petition for each constituency as determined as follows—
Location of constituency
Identity of petition officer
England or Wales
The person who is the acting returning officer in relation to the constituency by virtue of section 28 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (discharge of returning officer's functions in England and Wales).
Scotland
The person who is the returning officer in relation to the constituency by virtue of section 25 of that Act (returning officers: Scotland).
Northern Ireland
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.
(2) References in this Act to a petition officer are to a petition officer under this section.
(3) Schedule 1 contains more about petition officers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/25/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/recall-of-mps-act-2015/section-6
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