C2C1C3C4SCHEDULE 3THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING REFERENDUMS RULES

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PART 4Action to be Taken Before the Poll

Notification of requirement of secrecy20

1

The counting officer must make such arrangements as the counting officer thinks fit to ensure that—

a

every person attending at a polling station (otherwise than for the purpose of voting or assisting a voter or proxy with disabilities to vote or as a constable on duty there) has been given a copy in writing of the provisions of subsections (1), (3) and (6) of section 66 of the 1983 Act M1, as applied by Schedule 4; and

b

every person attending at the counting of the votes (other than any constable on duty at the counting) has been given a copy in writing of the provisions of subsections (2) and (6) of that section, as applied by Schedule 4.

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In this rule, a reference to a constable includes a person designated as a community support officer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (police powers for employees).