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Postponed elections - duties of registration officer Duty
- Description
- Where notice of an election or referendum was required to be published before 6th April 2020 and the poll was not held on the date specified the relevant registration officer must:
(a)retain the documents forwarded to the officer in accordance with regulation 4(4) for the period of one year, and
(b)after that period, cause those documents to be destroyed, unless otherwise directed by an order of a county court, a Crown Court or a magistrates’ court.
A person must not be allowed to inspect any of the documents in the possession of the relevant registration officer, except in accordance with an order made by a court for the inspection or production of any document for the purpose of instituting or maintaining a prosecution for an offence in relation to ballot papers.
- Modified
- 12 Oct 2020
- Status
- Live
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