Section 18 Polling districts and places at parliamentary elections.F2F1C1

the council shall exercise the powers conferred by this section with a view to giving all electors in so much of the constituency as falls within their area such reasonable facilities for voting as are practicable in the circumstances F5and, in particular, they shall, so far as is reasonable and practicable, designate as polling places only places which are accessible to electors who are disabled;

F6. . . , each parish or community shall in the absence of special circumstances be a separate polling district or districts;

the polling place for any polling district shall be an area in that district, except where special circumstances make it desirable to designate an area wholly or partly outside the polling district, and shall be small enough to indicate to electors in different parts of the polling district how they will be able to reach the polling station;

a polling place need not be designated for any polling district, if the size and other circumstances of the district are such that the situation of the polling stations does not materially affect the convenience of the electors or any body of them.

the F8local authority shall exercise the powers conferred by this section with a view to giving all electors in F9so much of the constituency as falls within their area such reasonable facilities for voting as are practicable in the circumstances F10and, in particular, F11the local authority shall, so far as is reasonable and practicable, designate as polling places only places which are accessible to electors who are disabled;

F12each electoral ward, within the meaning of section 5 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, which is wholly or partly within so much of any constituency as falls within their area, shall, in the absence of special circumstances, be a separate polling district or districts;

the polling place for any polling district shall be an area in that district, except where special circumstances make it desirable to designate an area wholly or partly outside the polling district, and shall be small enough to indicate to electors in different parts of the polling district how they will be able to reach the polling station;

a polling place need not be designated for any polling district, if the size and other circumstances of the district are such that the situation of the polling stations does not materially affect the convenience of the electors or any body of them.

direct the council . . . by whom the powers are exercisable, to make any alterations which the Electoral Commission thinks necessary in the circumstances, and

if the council F16. . . fails to make those alterations within a month after the direction is given, himself make the alterations,

as respects England, the council or where there is no such council the parish meeting of a parish which is wholly or partly situated within the constituency;

as respects Wales, the council of a community which is so situated;

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shall publish in the constituency a notice showing the boundaries of any polling districts or polling places constituted as a result of the exercise of the power; F19

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the registration officer who acts for the area shall make such adaptations of his register of parliamentary electors as are necessary to take account of the alteration; and

the alteration shall be effective on the date on which the registration officer publishes a notice stating that any such adaptations have been made by him.

any noncompliance with the provisions of this section; or

any informality relative to polling districts or polling places.