Amendments of RPA 1983
13(1)Rule 26 (appointment of presiding officers and clerks) is amended as follows.
(2)In paragraph (3), for the words from “except” to the end substitute “except—
(a)order the arrest of any person or the exclusion or removal of any person from the polling station,
(b)refuse to deliver a ballot paper under rule 35(3) or the relevant paragraph of rule 37, or
(c)resolve doubts over identity as mentioned in the relevant paragraph of rule 37.”
(3)After paragraph (3) insert—
“(4)In paragraph (3), “the relevant paragraph of rule 37” means—
(a)in sub-paragraph (b)—
(i)paragraph (1E) of rule 37 as it extends to England and Wales and to Scotland (including that paragraph as applied by rule 38, 39 or 40);
(ii)paragraph (1C) of rule 37 as it extends to Northern Ireland (including that paragraph as applied by rule 38, 39 or 40);
(b)in sub-paragraph (c)—
(i)paragraph (1F) of rule 37 as it extends to England and Wales and to Scotland (including that paragraph as applied by rule 38, 39 or 40);
(ii)paragraph (1DA) of rule 37 as it extends to Northern Ireland (including that paragraph as applied by rule 38, 39 or 40).”