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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Rules for the conduct of PCC elections where poll not taken together with poll at another election

PART 6Disposal of documents

Retention of documents by relevant registration officer

68.—(1) A registration officer must retain for one year all documents relating to a PCC election which are—

(a)specified in rule 66(2), and

(b)forwarded to the registration officer in pursuance of these rules,

and then, unless otherwise directed by an order of a county court, a Crown Court, a magistrates’ court or an election court, must have them destroyed.

(2) While the documents are retained under paragraph (1) they must be open to public inspection.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to—

(a)ballot papers;

(b)the completed corresponding number lists;

(c)certificates as to employment on duty on the day of the poll.

(4) The relevant registration officer must, on request, supply copies of or extracts from the marked copies of—

(a)the register of electors (including notices issued under section 13B(3B) or (3D) of the 1983 Act),

(b)the postal voters list,

(c)the list of proxies and

(d)the proxy postal voters list,

to any person who, in accordance with Schedule 10, is entitled to be supplied with them.

(5) Schedule 10 contains other provision about the inspection of, and access to, documents retained under this rule.