The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2001

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation, commencement and application

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. The question to be asked in a referendum

5. 4. Publicity and other information in connection with referendums

6. 5. Restriction on publication etc. of promotional material

7. 6. General restriction on referendum expenses

8. 7. Notional referendum expenses

9. 8. Application of provisions

10. 9. Ballot papers

11. 10. Postal ballots and postal votes

12. 11. Counting officer’s functions, and assistance for counting officers

13. 12. Hours of polling

14. 13. Counting of votes etc.

15. 14. Combination of polls: general

16. 15. Combination of referendum and election polls: supplementary provisions relating to referendums

17. 16. Combination of referendum and election polls: supplementary provisions relating to elections

18. 17. Combination of polls: supplementary

19. 18. Result of referendum or further referendum

20. 19. Procedures for questioning a referendum

21. 20. Immediate consequences of referendum petitions

22. 21. Determination of referendum petitions, and subsequent procedures

23. 22. Time

24. 23. Advertisements

25. 24. Non-domestic rating: premises used for referendum purposes

26. Signature

27. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       1. PART I QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED IN A REFERENDUM

          1. 1. Are you in favour of the proposal for [insert name...

          2. 2. Are you in favour of the proposal for [insert name...

          3. 3. Are you in favour of the proposal for [insert name...

       2. PART II FORM OF FRONT OF BALLOT PAPER

       3. PART III FORM OF BACK OF BALLOT PAPER

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       MATTERS RELEVANT TO REFERENDUM EXPENSES

       1. 1. (a) Advertising of any nature (whatever the medium used). Expenses...

       2. 2. Nothing in paragraph 1 shall be taken as extending to—...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       APPLICATION, WITH MODIFICATIONS, OF ACTS AND STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS AS REGARDS REFERENDUM AT WHICH VOTING TO BE BY POST ONLY

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       COMBINATION OF POLLS

       1. PART I General provisions

          1. 1. For the purposes of combining the poll at one or...

          2. 2. In relation to the application of provisions of the European...

       2. PART II Modifications of the Parliamentary Elections Rules and the European Parliamentary Elections Rules

       3. PART III Modifications of the Principal Areas Rules

       4. PART IV APPLICATION, WITH MODIFICATIONS, OF THE GLA ELECTIONS RULES

       5. PART V COMBINED POLLS AT REFERENDUMS: MODIFICATIONS OF THE RULES IN SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL AREAS RULES, AS MODIFIED BY SCHEDULE 4 TO THOSE RULES

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       APPLICATION, WITH FURTHER MODIFICATIONS, OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT 1983 IN RELATION TO REFERENDUM PETITIONS

    7. SCHEDULE 7

       MODIFICATIONS OF THE ELECTION PETITION RULES 1960

28. Explanatory Note