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5.—(1) Where a returning officer is, for good reason, unable to comply with regulation 4, the returning officer must submit an incomplete account within the period specified in regulation 4.
(2) An incomplete account submitted under this regulation must—
(a)be as complete as possible in the circumstances,
(b)include a statement to the effect that it is an incomplete account,
(c)include the reasons for the submission of an incomplete account, and
(d)include a proposed date by which, subject to the agreement of the Accounting Officer, a complete account will be submitted.
(3) The proposed date referred to in paragraph (2)(d) must be no later than 3 months after the last day of the period specified in regulation 4.
(4) Where the Accounting Officer—
(a)considers that the account submitted under this regulation is not as complete as possible in the circumstances,
(b)does not accept the returning officer’s reasons for the submission of the incomplete account, or
(c)considers the proposed date referred to in paragraph (2)(d) to be unreasonable,
the Accounting Officer may require the returning officer to submit a complete account by an earlier date than the proposed date referred to in paragraph (2)(d).
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