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[F1SCHEDULE 1N.I.EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS RULES

PART 3N.I.CONTESTED ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 1N.I.General Provisions

Use of schools and public roomsN.I.

23.(1) The returning officer may use, free of charge, for the purpose of taking the poll—

(a)a room in a school to which this rule applies;

(b)a room the expense of maintaining which is payable out of any rate.

(2) This rule applies to a school in receipt of a grant out of moneys appropriated by an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(3) The returning officer must make good any damage done to, and defray any expense incurred by the persons having control over, any room which has been used in accordance with this rule by reason of its being used for the purpose of taking the poll.

(4) This rule does not apply to any school adjoining or adjacent to any church or other place of worship nor to any school connected with a nunnery or other religious establishment.]