Attendance at verification and the local countU.K.
48.—(1) As soon as practicable after the close of the poll, the CRO must make arrangements for carrying out, in the presence of the counting agents, the verification and the counting of the votes at the election and must give to the counting agents notice in writing of the time and place at which he will begin to verify and count the votes.
(2) No person other than—
(a)the CRO and his clerks and technical assistants,
(b)the GLRO,
(c)the candidates and one other person chosen by each of them,
(d)the election agents,
(e)the counting agents,
(f)persons who are entitled to attend by virtue of any of sections 6A to 6D of the 2000 Act,
may be present at the verification and counting of the votes, unless permitted by the CRO to attend.
(3) A person not entitled to attend the local verification and count must not be permitted to do so by the CRO unless he—
(a)is satisfied that the efficient conduct of those proceedings will not be impeded, and
(b)has either consulted the election agents or thought it impracticable to do so.
(4) The CRO must give the counting agents all such reasonable facilities for overseeing the proceedings, and all such information with respect to them, as he can give them consistently with the orderly conduct of the proceedings and the discharge of his duties in connection with them.