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Local Electoral Act 2001

Preliminary provisions - Duties of electoral officers

19: Conduct of separate election or poll

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"How to Run a Separate Local Election or Poll"

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You are part of a local authority that is not a territorial authority. If you need to hold an election or poll, but it is not at the same time as a territorial authority election or poll, your electoral officer can do certain jobs. They can either do all the jobs themselves or ask another electoral officer to help. You might need to ask another electoral officer for help if some of your electors live outside a territorial authority area. In this case, your local authority must choose one of these electoral officers to help with the election or poll for those electors. This is so that everyone gets to vote. Your electoral officer can follow the rules outlined in section 17, section 15(2), or section 12(2) to make sure the election or poll runs smoothly.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions
Duties of electoral officers

19Conduct of separate election or poll

  1. If section 17 applies, but the election of 1 or more members of a local authority that is not a territorial authority or the poll of the electors of that authority is not to be conducted in conjunction with an election of members of any territorial authority or a poll of electors of that authority, the electoral officer of the local authority that is not a territorial authority may—

  2. carry out all duties required by section 15(2); or
    1. require the electoral officer or electoral officers of the territorial authorities wholly or partly within the local government area of the local authority that is not a territorial authority to take responsibility for carrying out any duty delegated to that person under section 12(2) by the electoral officer of the local authority for whom the election or poll is held or taken.

      1. If any of the electors at the election or poll are in a local government area that is not within the district of a territorial authority and subsection (1)(b) applies, the duties referred to in subsection (1)(b) must, in respect of those electors, be carried out by one of the electoral officers referred to in that paragraph, appointed by the local authority for whom the election is held or poll is taken.