PART 1GENERAL
Conduct of poll and count in each local counting area6
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) F2... for the parliamentary constituency which is coterminous with the local counting area.
F12A
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.