SCHEDULE 3THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT REFERENDUMS RULES

PART 7Declaration of Result and Disposal of Documents

Retention of documents45

The relevant registration officer must retain for one year all documents relating to a referendum forwarded to him or her in pursuance of these Rules by a counting officer, and then, unless otherwise directed by an order of a county court, the Crown Court, a magistrates’ court or an election court, must cause them to be destroyed.