The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012

PART 1 Rules for all PCC elections

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Timetable

1.  Subject to rule 2, the proceedings at the PCC election are to be conducted in accordance with the following Table.

Proceeding	Time
Publication of notice of election	Not later than the 25th day before the day of the election
Delivery of nomination papers	Not later than noon on the 19th day before the day of the election
Publication of statement of persons nominated	Not later than noon on the 17th day before the day of the election
Delivery of notices of withdrawals of candidature	Not later than noon on the 16th day before the day of the election
Notice of poll	Not later than the 6th day before the day of the election
Polling	Between 7 am and 10 pm on the day of the election

Modification of timetable for the ordinary election in 2012

2.  For the purposes of the ordinary election of police and crime commissioners in 2012, the first entry in the Table in rule 1 is to have effect as if for the words in column 2 there were substituted—

“Not later than the 28th day before the day of the election”.

Computation of time

3.  In computing any period of time for the purposes of rules 1 and 2—

(a) a Saturday or Sunday,

(b) Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday, or

(c) a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning,

is to be disregarded, and any such day is not to be treated as a day for the purpose of any proceedings up to the completion of the poll nor is the police area returning officer or local returning officer obliged to proceed with the counting of the votes on such a day.