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Part I Parliamentary and Local Government Franchise and its Exercise
Registration of parliamentary and local government electors
9D.Maintenance of registers: duty to conduct canvass in Great Britain
9E.Maintenance of registers: invitations to register in Great Britain
10.Maintenance of registers: duty to conduct canvass in Northern Ireland.
10ZB.The relevant registration objectives (Northern Ireland)
10A.Maintenance of the registers: registration of electors in Northern Ireland.
10B.Register of electors in Northern Ireland: digital registration number
13BA.Alteration of registers in Northern Ireland: pending elections
13CZA.Provision of false information: application for electoral identity document, anonymous elector’s document or electoral identity card
13CA.Scottish local government elections: false information in connection with applications for absent voting
Place and manner of voting at parliamentary elections
18A.Polling districts at parliamentary elections: Great Britain
18AA.Polling districts at parliamentary elections: Northern Ireland
18D.Review of polling districts and places: representations to Electoral Commission
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Conduct of local government elections in England and Wales
35.Returning officers: local elections in England and Wales.
36C.Expenditure by returning officers at local elections in Wales
37A.Power to change date of local elections to date of European Parliamentary general election: England
37B.Power to change date of local elections to date of European Parliamentary general election: Wales
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Supplemental provisions as to parliamentary and local government elections
62A.Offences relating to applications for postal and proxy votes
62B.Scottish local government elections: offences relating to applications for postal and proxy votes
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65B.Scottish local government elections: false information in nomination papers etc.
66B.Failure to comply with conditions relating to supply etc. of certain documents
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74.Expenses which may be paid otherwise than by election agent.
75.Prohibition of expenses not authorised by election agent.
75ZA.Return of permitted expenditure: power to require return
75ZB.Return of permitted expenditure: compliance and sanctions
75A.Scottish local government elections: prohibition of expenses not authorised by election agent
76ZA.Limitation of pre-candidacy election expenses for certain general elections
83.Where no return and declarations needed at parliamentary elections.
85.Penalty for sitting or voting where no return and declarations transmitted.
85A.Disqualification where no return and declarations transmitted after election of Mayor of London.
86.Authorised excuses for failures as to return and declarations.
87.Court’s power to require information from election agent or sub-agent.
87A.Duty of appropriate officer to forward returns and declarations to Electoral Commission.
87B.Scottish local government elections: duty of appropriate officer to forward returns and declarations to Electoral Commission
88.Publication of time and place for inspection of returns and declarations.
88A.Scottish local government elections: Publication of time and place for inspection of returns and declarations
90.Election expenses at elections where election agent not required.
90B.Incurring of election expenses for purposes of section 90A.
90ZB.Scottish local government elections: meaning of “election expenses”
90C.Property, goods, services etc. provided free of charge or at a discount.
90D.Modification of sections 90ZA and 90C in relation to election of London members of the London Assembly.
Agency by election officials and canvassing by police officers
Questioning of a local election
129.Time for presentation or amendment of petition questioning local election.
130.Election court for local election in England and Wales, and place of trial.
134.Election court for local election in Scotland, and place of trial.
135A.Consequences of election or return of London members being declared void.
Consequences of finding by election court of corrupt or illegal practice
Director of Public Prosecutions’ duty to report corrupt practice
Further provision as to avoidance of elections and striking off votes
Power to except innocent act from being illegal practice, payment, employment or hiring
Prosecutions for corrupt or illegal practices
170.Conviction of illegal practice on charge of corrupt practice etc.
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173.Incapacities on conviction of corrupt or illegal practice.
173A.Incapacity to hold public or judicial office in Scotland.
SCHEDULES
Civil penalties under section 9E
Review of polling districts and polling places
1.The relevant authority must publish notice of the holding of...
2.The authority must consult the returning officer for every parliamentary...
3.(1) Every such returning officer must make representations to the...
4.(1) The authority must seek representations from such persons as...
6.Representations made by any person in connection with a review...
Part II Stages Common to Contested and Uncontested Elections
Action to be Taken Before the Poll
Part IV Final Proceedings in Contested and Uncontested Elections
Form of declaration to be made by the companion of a voter with disabilities
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Provisions Which May be Contained in Regulations as to Registration Etc.
1.(1) Provisions prescribing the arrangements to be made for the...
1A.(1) Provision authorising or requiring a person to disclose information...
1B.(1) Provision as to the information that a registration officer...
2.Provisions imposing on registration officers the duty of requiring persons...
2A.Provisions requiring registration officers to remind persons registered in pursuance...
2B.Provisions requiring registration officers to remind persons with anonymous entries...
3.Provisions laying down a timetable for the preparation of the...
3ZA.(1) Provision about applications under section 10ZC , 10ZD, 13BD...
3ZB.(1) Provision about renewal declarations (within the meaning given by...
3A.(1) Provision about— (a) applications for registration in Northern Ireland...
3B.Provisions as to the form and content of applications for...
3C.(1) Provision authorising or requiring a registration officer conducting a...
4.Provisions as to the manner in which service declarations, and...
5ZA.(1) Provision about the manner in which relevant absent voting...
5A.(1) Provision requiring applications under paragraph 3 or 4 of...
5B.(1) Provision as to the steps that a registration officer...
7.Provisions authorising a registration officer to require any person’s evidence...
8.Provisions requiring the registration officer to prepare a special list...
8A.Provisions requiring the registration officer to prepare a record of...
8B.(1) Provision authorising or requiring a registration officer in determining...
8BA.(1) Provision requiring a registration officer in Great Britain to...
8C.(1) Provision requiring the retention or disposal, or otherwise regulating...
10.(1) Provisions requiring a registration officer to prepare, in addition...
10A.Provisions requiring copies of the full register and other documents,...
10B.(1) Provisions authorising or requiring a registration officer—
11.(1) Provisions imposing prohibitions or restrictions relating to the extent...
11A.(1) Provisions authorising or requiring registration officers to supply information...
12.Provisions as to the arrangements to be made in relation...
12ZA.(1) Where regulations under rule 45(1B)(a) or (b) in Schedule...
12ZB.(1) Where regulations under rule 45(2)(a) in Schedule 1 provide...
12A.Regulations under section 53 making provision as mentioned in paragraph...
13.(1) Provisions making it an offence (punishable on summary conviction...
Election Expenses at Certain Local Elections in England and Wales
7A.(1) Any matter that is reasonably attributable to the candidate’s...
8.The publication of any matter, other than an advertisement, relating...
8A.In relation to a local government election in Wales, expenses...
9.The provision of any facilities provided in pursuance of any...
10.The provision by an individual of his own services which...
11.(1) Accommodation which is the candidate's sole or main residence....
12.(1) Transport by a means of transport which was acquired...
13.(1) Computing or printing equipment which was acquired by the...
Scottish local government elections: election expenses
7.The publication of any matter, other than an advertisement, relating...
8.The provision of any facilities provided in pursuance of any...
9.The provision by an individual of his own services which...
10.(1) Accommodation which is the candidate's sole or main residence....
11.(1) Transport by a means of transport which was acquired...
12.(1) Computing or printing equipment which was acquired by the...
Use for Parliamentary Election Meetings of Rooms in School Premises and of Meeting Rooms
Transitional and Saving Provisions, and Interpretation of other Acts
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