9.—(1) Subject to regulations 11(2) and 13(2), functions conferred by these Regulations on the counting officer are to be exercised in each voting area by the person who is for the time being the returning officer at elections of councillors for that area under section 35(1) or (3) (returning officers: local elections) of the 1983 Act(1).
(2) It is the counting officer’s general duty at the referendum to do all such acts and things as may be necessary for effectually conducting the referendum in the manner provided by these Regulations.
(3) The counting officer must also appoint and pay any such persons as may be necessary for the purpose of the counting of the votes.
1983 c.2; subsection (1) was amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 16 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c.51).