SCHEDULE 5The Local Government Act Referendums (Combination of Polls) Rules

PART 4Action to be taken Before the Poll

Notification of requirement of secrecy in respect of polling stations20

F21

The relevant returning or counting officer must make such arrangements as he or she thinks fit to ensure that every person attending at a polling station (otherwise than for the purpose of voting or assisting a voter or proxy with disabilities to vote or as a constable on duty there) has been given a copy in writing of the provisions of subsections (1), (3) and (6) of section 66 of the 1983 Act, as applied by Schedule 4 F1.

F32

In this rule, a reference to a constable includes a person designated as a community support officer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (police powers for employees).