PART 3CONDUCT

CHAPTER 3The Petition

Admission to petition signing place22

1

The petition clerk must exclude all persons from the petition signing place except—

a

the petition officer;

b

any person wishing to sign the petition;

c

any person under the age of 18 who is accompanying a person to the petition signing place;

d

any person representing the Electoral Commission;

e

any assistant appointed to attend at the petition signing place;

f

a constable on duty.

2

The petition clerk may regulate the total number of persons admitted to the petition signing place at the same time.

3

A constable or person employed by a petition officer may be admitted to sign the petition in person otherwise than at that person’s allotted petition signing place upon the production and surrender of a certificate as to their employment, which must be in the form set out in Form I in Schedule 2 and signed by an officer of police of the rank of inspector or above, or by the petition officer (as the case may be).

4

Any certificate surrendered under paragraph (3) must be immediately cancelled.

5

In the application of this regulation to Northern Ireland, the reference in paragraph (3) to an officer of police is a reference to a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland of the rank of chief inspector or above.