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Enable
electors in the precincts of a polling station before the time
designated |
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for the closing of the poll
to vote; and for connected purposes. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and
by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Entitlement
to vote at close of poll |
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(1) |
Schedule 1 to the Representation
of the People Act 1983 is amended as follows. |
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(2) |
In Rule 1, after “Table”
insert “and Rules 1A and 1B”. |
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(3) |
At the end of Rule 1, insert— |
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“1A |
Notwithstanding the
provisions of Rule 43 (Procedure on close of |
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poll),
at a general election, by-election or local government election
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all
electors who are entitled to vote at a polling station and who
are |
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in
the precincts of that polling station at the close of the poll
must be |
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issued
with a ballot paper and must be allowed to vote. |
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1B |
The appropriate Presiding
Officer, Returning Officer or Acting |
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Returning
Officer must determine the limits of the precincts of the |
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This Act may be cited as
the Electoral Law (Amendment) Act 2011. |
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