NOTICE OF ELECTIONU.K.
Notice of PCC electionU.K.
4.—(1) Each police area returning officer must give public notice of the PCC election stating—
(a)the place and times at which nomination papers are to be delivered, and
(b)the date of the poll in the event of a contest,
and the notice must state that forms of nomination papers may be obtained at that place and those times.
(2) The notice of election must also state the arrangements which apply for making the payment required by rule 9 by means of the electronic transfer of funds.
(3) The notice of election must state the date by which—
(a)applications to vote by post or by proxy, and
(b)other applications and notices about postal or proxy voting,
must reach the registration officer in order that they may be effective for the election.
(4) The police area returning officer must send a copy of the notice of election to the local returning officer for each voting area wholly or partly comprised in the police area.
(5) As soon as practicable after receipt of the copy of the notice of the PCC election, the local returning officer must give public notice of it at a place within the voting area for which the officer acts.