The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Wales) Regulations 2008

Retention of documentsE+W

45.  The relevant registration officer must retain for one year all documents relating to a referendum forwarded to the registration officer in pursuance of these Rules by a counting officer, and then, unless otherwise directed by an order of a county court, the Crown Court, a magistrates' court or an election court, must cause them to be destroyed.