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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Combination of polls

PART 3Modifications to PCC elections rules

ACTION TO BE TAKEN BEFOR0E THE POLL

Notice of poll

19.  In rule 24, for paragraph (3) substitute—

(3) No later than the time of publication of the notice of poll, the relevant returning or counting officer must give public notice of—

(a)the situation of each polling station;

(b)the description of voters entitled to vote there.

(3A) A notice published under paragraph (3) must, in addition—

(a)state that the poll for the PCC election is to be taken together with the poll for each relevant election or referendum;

(b)specify—

(i)the parliamentary constituency, local counting area, voting area or, as the case may be, the relevant local authority for which the election is held, and

(ii)in the case of an election to fill a casual vacancy, the electoral area for which the election is held;

(c)where polls for two or more elections are to be taken together in part only of the voting area, specify that part.