Part V General and Supplemental
Supplemental
199ZAF20Functions of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
See the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Order 2015, by virtue of which functions of the Secretary of State under this Act are exercisable concurrently with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
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199AF12Functions of the Lord Chancellor
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C24C15C17C19C22C1C2C3199BF13Translations etc of certain documents
C251
Subsections (2) and (3) below apply to any document which under or by virtue of this Act is required or authorised to be given to voters or displayed in any place for the purposes of a parliamentary or local government election.
C252
The person who is required or authorised to give or display the document must, as he thinks appropriate, give or display or otherwise make available in such form as he thinks appropriate—
a
the document in Braille;
b
the document in languages other than English;
c
graphical representations of the information contained in the document;
d
other means of making the information contained in the document accessible to persons who might not otherwise have reasonable access to the information.
C253
The person required or authorised to give or display the document must also, as he thinks appropriate, make available the information contained in the document in such audible form as he thinks appropriate.
C254
Subsections (2) and (3) above do not apply to—
a
the nomination paper;
b
the ballot paper.
C255
The returning officer at a parliamentary election or a local government election may cause to be displayed at every polling station in the election an enlarged sample copy of the ballot paper.
C256
The sample copy mentioned in subsection (5) above—
a
in the case of a parliamentary election or a local government election where only one candidate is to be elected, must have printed the words “VOTE FOR ONE CANDIDATE ONLY” both at the top and immediately below the list of candidates,
b
in the case of a local government election where more than one candidate is to be elected, must have printed the words “VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN [here insert the maximum number of candidates to be elected] CANDIDATES” both at the top and immediately below the list of candidates, and
c
in each case, below the second occurrence of those words, may include a translation of those words into such other languages as the returning officer thinks appropriate.
C257
The returning officer at a parliamentary election or a local government election must provide at every polling station in the election an enlarged hand-held sample copy of the ballot paper for the assistance of voters who are partially sighted.
C258
The sample copy mentioned in subsection (7) above must be clearly marked as a specimen provided only for the guidance of voters.
C259
In the application of subsection (2)(b) to Northern Ireland any question as to whether a person is to give or display or otherwise make available a document in a language other than English is to be decided by the returning officer.
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This section does not apply to a local government election in Scotland.
199CF14Scottish local government elections: translations etc. of certain documents
1
Subsections (2) and (3) below apply to any document which, under or by virtue of this Act, is required or authorised to be given to voters or displayed in any place for the purposes of a local government election in Scotland.
2
The person who is required or authorised to give or display the document must, as he thinks appropriate, also give or display or otherwise make available in such form as he thinks appropriate—
a
the document in Braille;
b
the document in languages other than English;
c
graphical representations of the information contained in the document;
d
other means of making the information contained in the document accessible to persons who might not otherwise have reasonable access to the information.
3
The person required or authorised to give or display the document must also, as he thinks appropriate, make available the information contained in the document in such audible form as he thinks appropriate.
4
Subsections (2) and (3) above do not apply to—
a
the nomination paper; or
b
the ballot paper.
C4C5C6C7200 Public notices, and declarations.
C8F31
A public notice required by or under this Act to be given by a returning officer for a parliamentary election shall be given by posting the notice in some conspicuous place or places in the constituency and may also be given in such other manner as he thinks desirable for publicising it.
C16C18C20C23C9C101A
A public notice required by or under this Act to be given by the proper officer of a local authority at a local government election shall be given by posting the notice in some conspicuous place or places in the local government area and may also be given in such other manner as he thinks desirable for publicising it.
C8C9C10C16C18C20C232
Any person before whom a declaration is authorised to be made under this Act may take the declaration.
C11C12C21F4200A Remuneration for free postal services provided under Act.
1
This section applies where any postal services are provided without charge by a F15universal postal service provider in pursuance of this Act.
C132
The F15universal postal service provider shall be entitled to be remunerated for having provided the services at the rate fixed in relation to them by virtue of a scheme under section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000.
3
A sum which a F15universal postal service provider is entitled to receive by virtue of this section shall be charged on, and issued out of, the Consolidated Fund.
F164
In this section “postal services” has the meaning given by section 27 of the Postal Services Act 2011.
C14P1201 Regulations.
P21
Any power conferred by this Act to make regulations shall, except where this Act otherwise provides, be a power exercisable by the Secretary of State F5and except in the case of regulations under section 29(8)by statutory instrument.
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F92A
Any regulations under section F1810(4) or 110(7) above shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
F192C
Regulations made for the purposes only of omitting a particular kind of evidence from the kinds of evidence that a person is or may be required to provide by virtue of regulations under paragraph 1(2A) or 3ZA(3) of Schedule 2 shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament (and subsection (2) does not apply to regulations made for those purposes only).
F103
Any regulations under this Act may make different provision for different cases, circumstances or areas and may contain such incidental, supplemental, saving or transitional provisions as the Secretary of State F11, or the Electoral Commission (in the case of any regulations made by them), thinks fit.