Search Legislation

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000

 Help about what version

What Version

 Help about advanced features

Advanced Features

 Help about opening options

Opening OptionsExpand opening options

Changes over time for: Section 128

 Help about opening options

Version Superseded: 01/02/2016

Alternative versions:

Status:

Point in time view as at 25/07/2012. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

Changes to legislation:

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, Section 128 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

128 Chief Counting Officers, and counting officers, for referendums.U.K.

This section has no associated Explanatory Notes

(1)This section has effect in relation to any referendum to which this Part applies.

(2)There shall be a Chief Counting Officer for the referendum, who (subject to subsection (8)) shall be—

(a)the chairman of the Commission, or

(b)if the chairman of the Commission appoints some other person to act as Chief Counting Officer for the referendum, the person so appointed.

(3)The Chief Counting Officer for the referendum shall appoint a counting officer for each relevant area in Great Britain.

(4)The local authority in the case of each such area shall place the services of their officers at the disposal of the counting officer for the area for the purpose of assisting him in the discharge of his functions.

(5)Each counting officer shall, as respects the votes cast in the area for which he is appointed, certify—

(a)the number of ballot papers counted by him, and

(b)the number of votes cast in favour of each answer to a question asked in the referendum.

(6)The Chief Counting Officer shall certify—

(a)the total number of ballot papers counted, and

(b)the total number of votes cast in favour of each answer to a question asked in the referendum,

in the whole of the referendum area.

(7)Where two or more forms of ballot paper are used in the referendum, a separate number shall be certified under subsection (5)(a) or (6)(a) in relation to each form of ballot paper so used.

(8)Where the referendum is held in Northern Ireland, the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland—

(a)shall be the Chief Counting Officer for the referendum if it is held only in Northern Ireland, and

(b)in any other case shall be treated, for the purposes of subsection (5), as if he were a counting officer appointed under this section for the whole of Northern Ireland.

(9)In this section—

(a)relevant area in Great Britain” means any of the following—

(i)a district in England or a London borough,

(ii)the City of London (including the Inner and Middle Temples), the Isle of Wight or the Isles of Scilly,

(iii)a local government area in Scotland, or

(iv)a county or county borough in Wales,

where it is comprised in the referendum area;

(b)the local authority”—

(i)in the case of an area falling within paragraph (a)(i), (iii) or (iv), means the council for that area, and

(ii)in the case of an area falling within paragraph (a)(ii), means the Common Council of the City of London, the Council of the Isle of Wight or the Council of the Isles of Scilly, as the case may be;

(c)the referendum area” means the parts or part of the United Kingdom, or (as the case may be) the region in England, throughout which the referendum is held as mentioned in section 101(1).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 128 applied (with modifications) (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 4 para. 6

Commencement Information

I1S. 128 wholly in force at 16.2.2001; s. 128 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 163(2); s. 128 in force at 16.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/222, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 Pt. II)

Back to top

Options/Help

You have chosen to open The Whole Act without Schedules

The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open The Whole Act without Schedules as a PDF

The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.

Would you like to continue?