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Contents (1998 - 503)
Local Government (Elections) Regulation 1998Status informationPart 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Regulation 2 Commencement 3 Application of Regulation 4 Definitions 5 Notes Part 2 Administration
6 Electoral official cannot be candidate 7 Notice of changes to wards Part 3 Electoral rolls
8 Closing date 9 Form of roll of electors 10 Advertising of enrolments 11 Enrolment claims and objections 12 Competing claimants for enrolment 13, 14 (Repealed) 15 Supply of forms 16 Request for omission of residence from roll (non-resident
electors) Part 4 Notice of election and nominations
17 Notification of vacancy 18 Nomination day 19 Place of nomination 20 Notice of election 21 Nomination proposals 22 Candidate information sheets 23 Withdrawal of nomination proposals 24 Multiple nomination proposals 25 Refund of deposit 26 Inspection of names of persons proposed for
nomination 27 Returning officer to nominate candidates 28 Declaration of uncontested election Part 5 Polling places
29 Polling places 30 Pre-poll voting offices Part 6 Preparation for poll
31 Poll 32 Notification of poll 33 Claims for grouping of candidates 34 (Repealed) 35 Order of candidates and groups on ballot-papers 36 Order of ungrouped candidates on ballot-papers 37 Order of groups of candidates on ballot-papers 38 Form of ballot-papers 38A Registration of electoral material 39 Supply of rolls and ballot-papers 40 Return of numbers of ballot-papers before poll 41 Ballot-paper to be initialled 42 Ballot-paper may be written Part 7 Postal and other special types of voting
Division 1 Postal voting
43 Postal voting: qualifications 44 Postal voting: application 45 Registration of general postal voters 46 Electors entitled to postal vote 47 Issue of postal ballot-paper 48 Postal voting procedure 49 Closing time for postal vote 50 Receipt of postal ballot-papers Division 2 Pre-poll voting
51 Pre-poll voting: qualifications 52 Pre-poll voting: application 53 Pre-poll voting procedure 54 Pre-poll voting by elector not on roll 55 Surrender of postal ballot-papers 56 Pre-poll voting offices and times Division 3 Declared institution voting
57 Declared institutions 58 Application of Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act
1912 59 Modification of provisions 60 Declared institutions ballot-box 61 Declared institution voting by elector not on
roll Division 4 Mobile booths
62 Mobile booths in hospitals etc Division 5 Miscellaneous
63 Assistance of officers Part 8 Voting on election day
64 Principal polling place 65 (Repealed) 66 Senior deputy returning officer’s
functions 67 Hours of voting 68 Scrutineers 69 Where electors may vote 70 Questions put to elector 71 Voting by elector with confidential address 72 Delivery of ballot-paper to elector 73 Voting 74 Elector whose name is not on roll 75 Voting if name already marked on roll Part 9 Scrutiny and counting
76 Informal ballot-papers 77 Persons present at scrutiny and count 78 Postal, pre-poll and declared institution votes 79 Initial scrutiny and count 80 Sending ballot-papers to returning officer 81 Checking of ballot-papers in sealed envelopes 82 Finalising the count 83 Double candidature: candidate elected as mayor 84 Recount 85 Who pays for the recount? 86 Result of recount 87 Declaring the election Part 10 Offences
88 Penalty notices 89 Misconduct in voting 90 False statements in forms 91 Misconduct by witness to postal vote 92 Misconduct in relation to postal voting 93 Misconduct by person present at pre-poll or declared
institution voting 94 Other misconduct in relation to postal, pre-poll or
declared institution voting 95 Breach of secrecy 96 Obstruction of electoral officials 97 False answers to questions put by electoral
officials 98 Obstructing access to polling place 99 Persons present in polling place 100 Misconduct by scrutineers 101 Misconduct at polling place or pre-poll voting
office 102 Improperly signing or witnessing electoral
papers 103 Forging or uttering electoral papers 104 Stuffing ballot-boxes 105 Opening sealed parcels 106 Bribery 107 Treating 108 Intimidation 108A Distribution of electoral material on polling
day 109 Printing etc false information 110 Exhibition of posters 111 Name and address on advertisements etc 112 Encouraging ticks or crosses on ballots Part 11 Miscellaneous
113 When polling may be adjourned etc 114 Notice of adjournment to returning officer 115 Votes at adjourned poll 116 Postponed and adjourned elections 117 Spoilt ballot-papers 118 Assistance to certain electors 119 Signature to electoral paper 120 Check on double-voting 121 Security of election materials 122 Access to election materials 123 Application of Election
Funding Act 1981 123A (Repealed) Part 12 Mayors, county councils and referendums
124 Election of mayors by councillors 125 Election of chairpersons of county councils 126 Election of members of county councils 127 Constitutional referendums and council polls Part 13 Savings and transitional
128 Repeal 129 General saving 130 Transitional provision Schedule 1 Counting of votes under optional preferential
Schedule 2 Counting of votes under proportional
Schedule 3 Election of mayor by councillors
Schedule 4 Election of chairpersons of county
Schedule 5 Election of members of county councils
Schedule 6 Constitutional referendums and council
Schedule 7 Application of Election Funding Act 1981
Schedule 8 Forms