SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2E+WRules for conduct of an election of councillors for a principal area where poll is taken together with poll at a relevant election

PART 3E+WThe Poll at Contested Elections

Action to be taken before the pollE+W

Notification of requirement of secrecyE+W

35.—(1) The returning officer must make arrangements to ensure that every person attending at a polling station, other than a person described in paragraph (2)(a) to (d), has been given a notice setting out the provisions of section 66(1), (3) and (6) of the 1983 Act.

(2) The persons to whom the duty under paragraph (1) does not apply are—

(a)a person attending the polling station for the purpose of voting;

(b)a person under the age of 16 who accompanies a voter to the polling station;

(c)a person attending the polling station as the companion of a voter with disabilities;

(d)a person attending the polling station as a constable on duty.

(3) In this rule, a reference to a constable includes a person designated as a community support officer or community support volunteer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (police powers for civilian staff and volunteers).

(4) Where the returning officer is not the co-ordinating returning officer, see also regulations 4 and 5 of the Combination of Polls Regulations (which provide for circumstances in which the functions of the returning officer under this rule are to be discharged by the co-ordinating returning officer).