SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Rules for conduct of the referendum

PART 1Referendum rules

General provisions

Use of schools and public rooms

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1

The counting officer may use, free of charge, for the purpose of taking the poll—

a

a room in a school within paragraph (3);

b

a room the expense of maintaining which is met by any local authority (in England and Wales or Scotland) or is payable out of any rate (in Northern Ireland).

2

The counting officer must—

a

make good any damage done to any such room, and

b

defray any expense incurred by the persons having control over any such room,

by reason of its being used for that purpose.

3

The schools within this paragraph are—

a

in England and Wales—

i

a school maintained or assisted by a local authority;

ii

a school in respect of which grants are made out of moneys provided by Parliament to the person or body of persons responsible for the management of the school;

b

in Scotland, a school that is not an independent school within the meaning of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980;

c

in Northern Ireland, a school in receipt of a grant out of moneys appropriated by Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly, other than a school that—

i

adjoins or is adjacent to a church or other place of worship, or

ii

is connected with a nunnery or other religious establishment.