The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012

Officials not to act for candidates

59.—(1) If any person who is—

(a) a police area returning officer or local returning officer at a PCC election, or

(b) a deputy of any such returning officer, or

(c) an officer of a local authority whose services have been placed at the disposal of such a returning officer, or

(d) an officer or clerk appointed under the PCC elections rules, or

(e) a deputy or clerk appointed under regulation 5 of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Functions of Returning Officers) Regulations 2012(1), or

(f) a partner or clerk of a person mentioned in any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) in connection with that person’s official duties,

acts as a candidate’s agent in the conduct or management of the election, the person is guilty of an offence, but nothing in this paragraph prevents a candidate from acting as the candidate’s own election agent.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this article is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(1)

S.I. 2012/1918.