LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 4.62

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 4.62

4.62 .         Polling places required

        (1)         For every election in a district or a ward the returning officer is to ensure that there will be at least one polling place in the district that is open between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on election day.

        (2)         For a voting in person election in a district that is divided into wards, the returning officer is to ensure that there will be at least one polling place in each ward that is open between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on election day unless the returning officer determines that, in respect of a particular ward, it is not necessary or not practicable —

            (a)         to open a polling place in that ward on election day; or

            (b)         for there to be a polling place in that ward that is open all the time between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on election day.

        (3)         For a voting in person election in a ward the returning officer is to ensure that there will be at least one polling place in the ward that is open between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on election day unless the returning officer determines that it is not necessary or not practicable —

            (a)         to open a polling place in that ward on election day; or

            (b)         for there to be a polling place in that ward that is open all the time between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on election day.