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8.—(1) As soon as possible after the end of the consultation period (which may be after the conclusion of a local inquiry held in accordance with section 65(2) M1 of the 1962 Act) the Chief Electoral Officer must, with or without any modifications, approve the polling station scheme and publish it in accordance with this regulation.
(2) At the same time the Chief Electoral Officer must also publish details of the modifications, if any, made to the draft scheme whether resulting from a local inquiry or any objections or proposals received under regulation 7 (in this regulation and regulation 9 referred to as “amendments made to the draft scheme”).
(3) The polling station scheme and details of any amendments made to the draft scheme must be published by making them available as follows—
(a)they must be available for inspection at the offices of the Chief Electoral Officer during normal office hours;
(b)they must be published on the Chief Electoral Officer's website;
(c)so far as it is reasonable and practicable to do so, a copy of the scheme or the relevant part of the scheme must be provided on request; and
(d)so far as it is reasonable and practicable to do so, details of any amendments made to the draft scheme must be provided on request.
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M11962 c. 14 (N.I.); section 65(2) has been amended by S.I. 1972/1264 (N.I. 13).
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