6A.—(1) The combined county authority must appoint one of its officers, or one of the officers of a constituent council, to be the combined county authority returning officer in relation to the election.
(2) The combined county authority returning officer may give, to a returning officer, directions relating to the discharge of the returning officer’s functions at the election, including directions requiring the provision to the combined county authority returning officer of any information which the returning officer has or is entitled to have, directions requiring the returning officer to take specified steps in preparation for the election, directions that the ballot papers must be printed by the combined county authority returning officer and directions that the count of votes must be conducted at a central location.
(3) It is the duty of a returning officer to whom directions are given under paragraph (2) to discharge the returning officer’s functions at the election in accordance with the directions.]
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