SCHEDULE 3THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT REFERENDUMS RULES

PART 7Declaration of Result and Disposal of Documents

Declaration of result41

When the result of the poll has been ascertained, the counting officer must forthwith—

a

declare the result of the referendum;

b

inform the proper officer of the authority by or in respect of which the referendum was held of the result of the referendum;

c

give public notice of—

i

the result of the referendum;

ii

the number of ballot papers counted;

iii

the total number of votes cast for each answer; and

iv

the number of rejected ballot papers under each head shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers.