Officials not to act for candidates
59.—(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(1), 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.
S.I. 2012/XXX. Back [1]