SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Rules for conduct of the referendum

PART 1Referendum rules

The poll

22Keeping of order in polling station

1

It is the presiding officer’s duty to keep order at the officer’s polling station.

2

If a person engages in misconduct in a polling station or fails to obey the presiding officer’s lawful orders, the person may immediately, by the presiding officer’s order, be removed from the polling station—

a

by a constable in or near that station, or

b

by any other person authorised in writing by the counting officer to discharge this function.

3

A person so removed may not, without the presiding officer’s permission, re-enter the polling station that day.

4

The powers conferred by this rule may not be exercised so as to prevent a voter who is otherwise entitled to vote at a polling station from having an opportunity to vote at that station.