PART 4Ballot for the purpose of section 57 of the Act

Requirement to retain and share ballot information

Retention and provision of information by the Part 5 community body13.

(1)

For the purposes of complying with section 57(6) of the Act, the Part 5 community body must retain the information specified in paragraph (2) for a period of 2 years after the ballot deadline.

(2)

The information referred to in paragraph (1) is—

(a)

evidence that regulation 8 was complied with including a copy of all information provided to eligible voters in advance of the ballot in accordance with regulation 8(3) and (4),

(b)

all requests for a proxy vote under regulation 9,

(c)

a record of the proxy votes permitted under regulation 9, and

(d)

all completed and returned ballot papers.