The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) Regulations 2012

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation and commencement

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. Question to be asked in a referendum

5. 4. Publicity and other information to be provided in connection with referendums by billing authorities

6. 5. Publicity and other information to be provided in connection with referendums by precepting authorities other than the Greater London Authority

7. 6. Publicity and other information to be provided in connection with referendums by the Greater London Authority

8. 7. Further information to be provided in connection with a referendum

9. 8. Calculation of tax for different valuation bands by local precepting authority

10. 9. Provision of information by relevant billing authority

11. 10. Restriction on publication etc of promotional material

12. 11. Statement of reasons for council tax increase

13. 12. General restriction on referendum expenses

14. 13. Notional referendum expenses

15. 14. Conduct of referendum: poll at referendum not taken together with poll at relevant election or referendum

16. 15. Counting officer

17. 16. Chief Counting Officer

18. 17. Combination and timing of polls: general

19. 18. Combination and timing of referendum and election polls: conduct of referendum

20. 19. Combination and timing of referendum and election polls: supplementary provisions relating to elections

21. 20. Procedures for questioning referendum

22. 21. Immediate consequences of referendum petitions

23. 22. Determination of referendum petitions

24. 23. Time

25. 24. Advertisements

26. 25. Non-domestic rating: premises used for referendum purposes

27. 26. Application of these regulations where authority calculates basic amounts of council tax for its predecessor areas under the 2008 Regulations

28. 27. Transitional provisions

29. Signature

30. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       QUESTION TO BE ASKED IN A REFERENDUM

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       MATTERS RELEVANT TO REFERENDUM EXPENSES

       1. 1. Advertising of any nature (whatever the medium used). Expenses in...

       2. 2. Unsolicited material addressed to voters (whether addressed to them by...

       3. 3. Any material of a description referred to in regulation 10(1)...

       4. 4. Market research or canvassing conducted for the purposes of ascertaining...

       5. 5. The provision of any services or facilities in connection with...

       6. 6. Transport (by any means) of persons to any place or...

       7. 7. Rallies and other events, including public meetings organised so as...

       8. 8. Nothing in paragraphs 1 to 7 is to be taken...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE ACT REFERENDUMS RULES

       1. PART 1 Citation and interpretation

          1. 1. Citation

          2. 2. Interpretation

       2. PART 2 Provisions as to time

          1. 3. Timetable

          2. 4. Computation of time

       3. PART 3 General provisions

          1. 5. Notice of referendum

          2. 6. Poll to be taken by ballot

          3. 7. The ballot papers

          4. 8. The corresponding number list

          5. 9. The official mark

          6. 10. Prohibition of disclosure of vote

          7. 11. Use of schools and public rooms

       4. PART 4 Action to be taken before the poll

          1. 12. Notice of poll

          2. 13. Postal ballot papers

          3. 14. Provision of polling stations

          4. 15. Appointment of presiding officers and polling clerks

          5. 16. Issue of official poll cards

          6. 17. Equipment of polling stations

          7. 18. Appointment of polling observers and counting observers

          8. 19. Notification of requirement of secrecy

          9. 20. Return of postal ballot papers

       5. PART 5 The Poll

          1. 21. Admission to polling station

          2. 22. Keeping of order in station

          3. 23. Sealing of ballot boxes

          4. 24. Questions to be put to voters and proxies

          5. 25. Challenge of voter or proxy

          6. 26. Voting procedure

          7. 27. Votes marked by presiding officer

          8. 28. Voting by persons with disabilities

          9. 29. Tendered ballot papers: circumstances where available

          10. 30. Tendered ballot papers: general provisions

          11. 31. Spoilt ballot papers

          12. 32. Correction of errors on day of poll

          13. 33. Adjournment of poll in case of riot

          14. 34. Procedure on close of poll

       6. PART 6 Counting of votes

          1. 35. Attendance at counting of votes

          2. 36. The count

          3. 37. Rejected ballot papers

          4. 38. Decisions on ballot papers

       7. PART 7 Declaration of result and disposal of documents

          1. 39. Declaration of result

          2. 40. Chief Counting Officer's re-count

          3. 41. Counting officer's statement and declaration of result

          4. 42. Sealing up of ballot papers

          5. 43. Delivery of documents to relevant registration officer

          6. 44. Orders for production of documents

          7. 45. Retention of documents

       8. PART 8 Appendix of forms

          1. Note:—The forms contained in this Appendix may be adapted so...

          2. Form of Ballot Paper: Question in referendum as specified in...

          3. Corresponding Number List L1

          4. Corresponding Number List L2

          5. Form of Postal Voting Statement

          6. Official Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting...

          7. Official Postal Poll Card (to be sent to a voter...

          8. Official Proxy Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed...

          9. Official Proxy Postal Poll Card (to be sent to an...

          10. Form of directions for the guidance of the voters and...

          11. Form of Certificate of Employment

          12. Form of declaration to be made by the companion of...

          13. Form of Ballot Paper: Question in referendum as specified in Schedule 1

          14. Form of Postal Voting Statement

          15. Official Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting in person) Front of card

          16. Back of card

          17. Official Postal Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting by post) Front of card

          18. Back of card

          19. Official Proxy Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person) Front of card

          20. Back of card

          21. Official Proxy Postal Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting by post) Front of card

          22. Back of card

          23. Form of directions for the guidance of the voters and proxies in voting

          24. Form of Certificate of Employment

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Application, with modifications, of Acts and subordinate legislation

       1. 1. Interpretation

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       The Local Government Finance Act Referendums (Combination of Polls) Rules

       1. PART 1 Citation and interpretation

          1. 1. Citation

          2. 2. Interpretation

       2. PART 2 Provisions as to time

          1. 3. Timetable

          2. 4. Computation of time

       3. PART 3 General provisions

          1. 5. Notice of referendum

          2. 6. Poll to be taken by ballot

          3. 7. The ballot papers

          4. 8. The corresponding number list

          5. 9. The official mark

          6. 10. Prohibition of disclosure of vote

          7. 11. Use of schools and public rooms

       4. PART 4 Action to be taken before the poll

          1. 12. Notice of Poll

          2. 13. Postal ballot papers

          3. 14. Provision of polling stations

          4. 15. Appointment of presiding officers and clerks

          5. 16. Issue of official poll cards

          6. 17. Equipment of polling stations

          7. 18. Appointment of counting observers

          8. 19. Appointment of polling observers

          9. 20. Notification of requirement of secrecy in respect of polling stations

          10. 21. Notification of requirement of secrecy in respect of the count

          11. 22. Return of postal ballot papers

       5. PART 5 The poll

          1. 23. Admission to the polling station

          2. 24. Keeping of order in station

          3. 25. Sealing of ballot boxes

          4. 26. Questions to be put to voters and proxies

          5. 27. Challenge of voter or proxy

          6. 28. Voting procedure

          7. 29. Votes marked by presiding officer

          8. 30. Voting by persons with disabilities

          9. 31. Tendered ballot papers: circumstances where available

          10. 32. Tendered ballot papers: general provisions

          11. 33. Spoilt ballot papers

          12. 34. Correction of errors on day of poll

          13. 35. Adjournment of poll in case of riot

          14. 36. Procedure on close of poll

       6. PART 6 Counting of votes

          1. 37. Attendance at counting of votes

          2. 38. The count

          3. 39. Rejected ballot papers

          4. 40. Decisions on ballot papers

       7. PART 7 Final Proceedings and Miscellaneous

          1. 41. Declaration of result

          2. 42. Chief Counting Officer's re-count

          3. 43. Counting officer's statement and declaration of result

          4. 44. Sealing up of ballot papers

          5. 45. Delivery of documents to relevant registration officer

          6. 46. Orders for production of documents

          7. 47. Retention of documents

          8. 48. Countermand or abandonment of poll at election on death of candidate

       8. PART 8 Appendix of Forms

          1. Note:—The forms contained in this Appendix may be adapted so...

          2. Form of Ballot Paper: Question in referendum as specified in...

          3. Corresponding Number List M1

          4. Corresponding Number List M2

          5. Form of Postal Voting Statement (for use where there is...

          6. Form of Postal Voting Statement (for use when a referendum...

          7. Official Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting...

          8. Official Postal Poll Card (to be sent to a voter...

          9. Official Proxy Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed...

          10. Official Proxy Postal Poll Card (to be sent to an...

          11. Form of directions for the guidance of the voters and...

          12. Form of Certificate of Employment

          13. Form of declaration to be made by the companion of...

          14. Form of Ballot Paper: Question in referendum as specified in Schedule 1

          15. Form of Postal Voting Statement (for use when there is joint issue and receipt of postal ballot papers)

          16. Form of Postal Voting Statement (for use when a referendum poll is combined with another poll but the postal ballot papers are not combined)

          17. Official Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting in person) Front of card

          18. Back of card

          19. Official Postal Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting by post) Front of card

          20. Back of card

          21. Official Proxy Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person) Front of card

          22. Back of card

          23. Official Proxy Postal Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting by post) Front of card

          24. Back of card

          25. Form of directions for the guidance of the voters and proxies in voting

          26. Form of Certificate of Employment

          27. Form of declaration made by the companion of a voter or proxy with disabilities

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       Application, with modifications, of the Representation of the People Act 1983 in relation to referendum petitions

    7. SCHEDULE 7

       Modifications of the Election Petition Rules 1960

31. Explanatory Note