- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (24/03/1999)
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Version Superseded: 14/12/1999
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(1)At a local government election for any electoral area no person shall as an elector and no person shall as proxy for any one elector—
(a)give more than one vote for any one candidate; or
(b)give more votes in all than the total number of councillors to be elected for the electoral area.
(2)No person is subject to any incapacity to vote at a local government election by reason of his being or acting as returning officer at that election.
(1)Any ballot boxes, fittings and compartments provided for parliamentary elections out of moneys provided by Parliament, may, on request, be lent to the returning officer at a local government election on such terms and conditions as [F1the Secretary of State] may determine.
(2)Any ballot boxes, fittings and compartments provided by or belonging to—
(a)a local authority within the meaning of the M1Local Government Act 1972, or
(b)a local authority within the meaning of the M2Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
as the case may be, shall, on request, and if not required for immediate use by that authority, be lent to the returning officer at an election held under those Acts F2 on such terms and conditions as may be agreed.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 47(1) substituted by S.I. 1991/1728, art.4.
F2Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237, Sch. 13 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 47(1): functions of the Treasury under s. 47(1) transferred to the Secretary of State by S.I. 1991/1728, art. 2
S. 47(1) applied (with modifications) (31.7.1997) by 1997 c. 61, s. 3, Sch. 3 para. 13 Table 1
Marginal Citations
(1)No local government election shall be declared invalid by reason of any act or omission of the returning officer or any other person in breach of his official duty in connection with the election or otherwise of rules under section 36 or section 42 above if it appears to the tribunal having cognizance of the question that—
(a)the election was so conducted as to be substantially in accordance with the law as to elections; and
(b)the act or omission did not affect its result.
(2)A local government election, unless questioned by an election petition within the period fixed by law for those proceedings, shall be deemed to have been to all intents a good and valid election.
(3)The council which is required to pay the expenses properly incurred by a returning officer in relation to any local government election may treat those expenses as including all costs properly incurred by the returning officer in connection with or in contemplation of any legal proceedings arising out of the election (including any criminal proceedings against the returning officer), whether or not the proceedings are in fact instituted.
(4)In Scotland the election of a member of a local authority shall not be affected by reason only of any nullity or irregularity in the election of any other member of the authority.
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