Changes to the law on local elections
Date of local elections and voters waiting at polling station at close of poll3
1
The 1962 Act is amended as follows.
2
In section 11 (election and term of office of district councils) M1, for subsections (1) and (1A) substitute—
1
A local election year as respects any district council is 2014 and 2019 and every fourth year thereafter.
1A
The election day as respects any district council is—
a
in the year 2014, 22nd May;
b
in any other local election year, the first Thursday in May.
3
In section 130 (interpretation) M2, in subsection (1), in the definition of “election day” for “section 11(1) and (1A)” substitute “
section 11(1A)
”
.
4
In Schedule 5 (local elections rules), in rule 34 (voting procedure) M3, after paragraph (1) insert—
1A
A voter who at the close of the poll is in the polling station, or in a queue outside the polling station, for the purpose of voting is (despite the close of the poll) entitled to apply for a ballot paper under paragraph (1); and these rules apply in relation to such a voter accordingly.