County and Borough Election Forms Regulations 1970
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1970/71 |
| Year | 1970 |
1970 No. 71
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
The County and Borough Election Forms Regulations 197019thJanuary 1970
16thFebruary 1970
In pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by rules 4, 5 and 10 of the local elections rules in Schedule 2 to the Representation of the People Act 1949(a), and by section 61 of the Local Government Act 1933(b), I hereby make the following Regulations prescribing forms for use at elections of county councillors, councillors of a borough and elective auditors and the form of declaration of acceptance of office to be made by the chairman of a county council, a county alderman or a county councillor, or by the mayor, an alderman or a councillor of a borough, or by an elective auditor.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the County and Borough Election Forms Regulations 1970 and shall come into operation on 16th February 1970.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(c) shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
2. The County and Borough Election Forms Regulations 1951(d) are hereby revoked.
3. At an election of a county councillor the forms in Schedule 1 hereto, or forms to the like effect, shall be used, with such modifications as circumstances require.
4. At an election of a councillor of a borough and at an election of elective auditors, the forms in Schedule 2 hereto, or forms to the like effect, shall be used, with such modifications as circumstances require.
5. The declaration of acceptance of office by the chairman of a county council, a county alderman or a county councillor or by the mayor, an alderman or a councillor of a borough or by an elective auditor shall be in the form in Schedule 3 hereto, or in a form to the like effect.
6. Any reference in these Regulations to a borough shall be construed as excluding a reference to a London borough.
James Callaghan, One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
Home Office, Whitehall.
19th January 1970.
(a) 1949 c. 68.
(b) 1933 c. 51.
(c) 1889 c. 63.
(d) S.I. 1951/264 (1951 II, p. 350).
Regulation 3.
SCHEDULE 1
Forms for use at an election of a county councillor
FORM A
NOTICE OF ELECTION
COUNTY OF
ELECTION OF A COUNTY COUNCILLOR for the Electoral Division.
If the notice relates to more than one election, adapt form accordingly.
1. An election is to be held of a County Councillor for the said electoral division.
2. Nomination papers must be delivered at on any day after the date of this notice, but not later than noon on the day of .
3. Forms of nomination paper may be obtained at from the undersigned, who will, at the request of any elector for the said electoral division, prepare for signature a nomination paper.
4. If the election is contested, the poll will take place on the day of .
(Signed)… ..
Returning Officer/Town Clerk.
day of , 19 .
NOTE 1.—The attention of candidates and electors is drawn to the rules for filling up nomination papers and other provisions relating to nomination contained in the local elections rules in Schedule 2 to the Representation of the People Act 1949 as amended by the Representation of the People Act 1969.
NOTE 2.—Every person guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice will, on conviction, be liable to the penalties imposed by the Representation of the People Act 1949.
NOTE 3.—Electors and their proxies should take note that applications to be treated as an absent voter and other...
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