SCHEDULE 3Combined Authority Mayoral Election (Combination of Polls) Rules

PART 4Contested elections

Notification of requirement of secrecy30

1

The returning officer must make such arrangements as the returning officer thinks fit to ensure that—

a

every person attending at a polling station (otherwise than for the purpose of voting or assisting a voter with disabilities to vote or as a constable on duty there) has been given a copy in writing of the provisions of subsections (1), (3) and (6) of section 66 of the 1983 Act, and

b

every person attending at the counting of the votes (other than any constable on duty at the counting) has been given a copy in writing of the provisions of subsections (2) and (6) of that section.

2

In this rule, a reference to a constable includes a person designated as a community support officer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 200281 (police powers for employees).