Cross-boundary referendum areas and the Chief Counting OfficerE+W
10.—(1) This regulation applies where the referendum area comprises any part of the area of more than one relevant council.
(2) Where under these Regulations a proper officer is required to publish any notice or document, that notice or document must be published in the same manner and on the same date in respect of each relevant council.
(3) Where paragraph (2) applies, the decision as to the manner and date of the publicity required is to be made by the proper officers of the relevant councils jointly or, if they cannot agree, by the proper officer of the relevant council in whose portion of the referendum area the greater or greatest (as the case may be) number of local government electors is registered.
(4) Where this regulation applies—
(a)the relevant council in whose portion of the referendum area the greater or greatest (as the case may be) number of local government electors is registered, or
(b)such other relevant council as both or all (as the case may be) the councils agree,
must appoint a person to be Chief Counting Officer in relation to the referendum.
(5) The Chief Counting Officer may give, to a counting officer, directions relating to the discharge of the counting officer's functions at the referendum, including directions requiring the provision to the Chief Counting Officer of any information which the counting officer has or is entitled to have and directions requiring them to take specified steps in preparation for the referendum.
(6) It is the duty of a counting officer to whom directions are given under paragraph (5) to discharge that counting officer's functions at the referendum in accordance with the directions.
(7) In relation to the discharge of all or any of the functions of the Chief Counting Officer in relation to the referendum, the Chief Counting Officer may, in writing, appoint—
(a)deputies;
(b)clerks.