Adjournment of petition in case of riotU.K.
36.—(1) Where the proceedings at any petition signing place are interrupted or obstructed by riot or open violence, the petition clerk must adjourn the proceedings until the following working day and must as soon as reasonably practicable give notice to the petition officer of that fact.
(2) Where the proceedings are adjourned under paragraph (1)—
(a)the signing period must be extended by the number of working days which were subject to an adjournment during the signing period;
(b)the hours of signing on the day or days to which it was adjourned must be the same as for the original day or days; and
(c)references in these Regulations to the end of the signing period must be construed accordingly.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 36 in force at 4.3.2016, see reg. 1