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.