Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962

52 Inspection of returns and declarations. N.I.

[F1 (1) Where the returning officer receives any return or declaration under section 41 or 46 the officer must—

(a) make a copy of the return or declaration, and any accompanying documents, available for public inspection at an appropriate place and at all reasonable times for the period of 12 months beginning with the date on which they are received by the officer; and

(b) if requested to do so by a person, and on payment of a fee of 20p for each side of each page, supply the person with a copy of the return, declaration or accompanying documents or any part of them.

(1A) In subsection (1) “appropriate place” means—

(a) the office of the returning officer; or

(b) some other convenient place chosen by the returning officer.

(1B) If a return under section 46 contains a statement of donations in accordance with paragraph 10 of Schedule 3A the returning officer must ensure that any copy of the statement made available for public inspection or supplied under subsection (1) excludes the address of any individual who has made a donation.]

(2) After the expiration of the said [F2 12 months] the returning officer may cause all such returns and other documents as are referred to in sub-section (1) to be destroyed or—

(a) if the candidate or his election agent so requires shall return to the candidate all such documents other than those sent under section forty-one;

(b) if the person sending such documents under section forty-one so requires, shall return to that person the documents sent by him.

F1 S. 52(1)-(1B) substituted (16.12.2010) for s. 52(1) by Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2977), arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 1 para. 15(2) (with art. 1(3))

F2 Words in s. 52(2) substituted (16.12.2010) by Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2977), arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 1 para. 15(3) (with art. 1(3))