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The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2001

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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2001 No. 1298

Counting officer’s functions, and assistance for counting officers

11.—(1) Subject to regulations 15(5) and 17(2), functions conferred by these Regulations on the counting officer shall be exercised in each voting area by the person who is for the time being the returning officer at elections of councillors for that area under subsection (1) or (3) of section 35 (returning officers: local elections) of the 1983 Act(1).

(2) It is the counting officer’s general duty at the referendum to do all such acts and things as may be necessary for effectually conducting the referendum in the manner provided by these Regulations.

(3) The counting officer may appoint persons to attend at polling stations for the purpose of detecting personation (“polling observers”).

(1)

Section 35 was amended by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), Schedule 3, paragraphs 1 and 3.

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