SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Amendments
Part 5Conduct of elections
Control of documents after parliamentary election: Northern Ireland
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1
Schedule 1 (parliamentary elections rules) is amended as follows.
2
In rule 55 (delivery of documents after poll) after paragraph (1A) (inserted by section 41(3)(b)) insert—
1B
Paragraph (1)(e) does not apply to an election for a constituency in Northern Ireland, but the returning officer shall endorse on each packet containing—
a
marked copies of the registers,
b
the postal voters list,
c
the proxy postal voters list, and
d
lists of proxies,
a description of its contents, the date of the election to which it relates and the name of the constituency for which the election was held.
3
In rule 57 (retention and public inspection of documents) after paragraph (1) insert—
1A
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland shall retain for a year the documents mentioned in rule 55(1B), and then, unless otherwise directed by order of the House of Commons or the High Court, shall cause them to be destroyed.
4
This paragraph extends only to Northern Ireland.