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The European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
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Conduct of poll and count in each local counting areaE+W+S
6.—(1) The local returning officer for each local counting area wholly or partly comprised in an electoral region shall be responsible for—
(a)the conduct of the poll in that area;
(b)unless the returning officer otherwise directs, the printing of the ballot papers;
(c)the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers for electors in that area and their proxies;
(d)the verification of the ballot paper accounts; and
(e)the counting of the votes given in that area.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the local returning officer for a local counting area shall be the person who, in relation to a parliamentary election, is the acting returning officer (in England and Wales) F1... for the parliamentary constituency which is coterminous with the local counting area.
[F2(2A) The local returning officer for the local counting area listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule A1 shall be the person who is the returning officer for the parliamentary constituency listed in column 2 of that table.]
(3) The local returning officer pursuant to section 6(5A)(b) of the 2002 Act M1 shall be the local returning officer for the Gibraltar local counting area.
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F1Words in reg. 6(2) omitted (30.1.2009) by virtue of The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/186), regs. 1(2), 6(1)
F2Reg. 6(2A) inserted (30.1.2009) by The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/186), regs. 1(2), 6(2)
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M1Subsection 5A was inserted by section 20(1) and (3) of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (c. 7).
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