Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 3 applied (with modifications) (18.2.2012) by The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/444), reg. 1, Sch. 4 para. 1 Table 10 (with reg. 27)
21.—(1) The returning officer must publish notice of the poll stating—
(a)the day and hours fixed for the poll;
(b)the number of councillors to be elected;
(c)the particulars of each candidate remaining validly nominated (the names and other particulars of the candidates, and the order of the candidates' names being the same as in the statement of persons nominated); and
(d)the names of the proposer and seconder signing a candidate's nomination paper.
(2) Where a candidate is nominated by more than one nomination paper, the nomination paper referred to in paragraph (1)(d) must be that from which the names and other particulars of the candidate shown in the statement of persons nominated are taken.
(3) The returning officer must, not later than the time of the publication of the notice of the poll, also give public notice of—
(a)the situation of each polling station; and
(b)the description of voters entitled to vote there,
and he must as soon as practicable after giving such a notice give a copy of it to each of the candidates or their election agents (if appointed).
(4) The notice published under paragraph (3) must—
(a)state that the poll at the parish or community election is to be taken together with the poll at a relevant election or referendum;
(b)specify the parliamentary constituency M1, local counting area, voting area or, as the case may be, the relevant local authority and, in the case of an election to fill a casual vacancy, the electoral area for which the relevant election is held; and
(c)where any of the polls are to be taken together in part of the local government area only, specify that part.
Marginal Citations
M1For the meaning of “parliamentary constituency”, see section 1 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (c.56).