41.—(1) Rule 51 is modified as follows.
(2) For paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) Where the local returning officer is the relevant returning or counting officer, the local returning officer must—
(a)make arrangements for the votes at the PCC election to be counted as soon as practicable after the close of the poll in the presence of the counting agents appointed for the purposes of that election, and
(b)give the counting agents notice in writing of the time and place at which the counting of votes will begin.”
(3) For paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2) Where the local returning officer is not the relevant returning or counting officer, the local returning officer must—
(a)make arrangements for counting the votes at the PCC election in the presence of the counting agents appointed for the purposes of that election as soon as practicable after delivery to the local returning officer of the ballot papers for that election, and
(b)give the counting agents notice in writing of the time and place at which the counting of votes will begin.”