sec.49Declaration of mobile polling booths

### sec.49 Declaration of mobile polling booths If the returning officer is satisfied patients or residents of an institution should be able to vote at the institution in a poll, the returning officer may arrange for all or part of the institution to be available as a mobile polling booth to enable the patients or residents to vote there in the poll. If the returning officer is satisfied a part of the local government area or division of the local government area does not have enough electors to justify the use of an ordinary polling booth, the returning officer may arrange for any place in the part to be available as a mobile polling booth to enable electors in the part to vote in the poll. If the returning officer acts under subsection (1) or (2) , the officer must— fix the times, during the period starting 11 days before the polling day and ending at 6p.m. on the polling day, when the mobile polling booth may be used for voting; and publish a notice on the electoral commission’s website, and in other ways the returning officer considers appropriate— declaring all or part of the institution or the place as a mobile polling booth for the election; and stating the times at which votes may be cast at the booth. If the returning officer arranges a place to be available as a mobile polling booth under subsection (2) , the returning officer may change the arrangements made for the mobile polling booth under subsection (3) at any time. If the arrangements are changed under subsection (4) , the returning officer must take the steps that are practical and appropriate to give public notice of the changed arrangements. The returning officer must give written notice to candidates of the declaration of the mobile polling booth, the times at which votes may be cast at the booth, and any change to the arrangements under subsection (4) . On the declaration of a mobile polling booth, the patients or residents of the institution who are electors, or electors resident in the part of the local government area in which the mobile polling booth is situated, may vote at the booth during— the times stated for the booth in the notice published under subsection (3) (b) ; or if the times have been changed under subsection (4) —the changed times. s 49 amd 2014 No. 44 s 39 ; 2019 No. 30 s 167 (sec.49-ssec.1) If the returning officer is satisfied patients or residents of an institution should be able to vote at the institution in a poll, the returning officer may arrange for all or part of the institution to be available as a mobile polling booth to enable the patients or residents to vote there in the poll. (sec.49-ssec.2) If the returning officer is satisfied a part of the local government area or division of the local government area does not have enough electors to justify the use of an ordinary polling booth, the returning officer may arrange for any place in the part to be available as a mobile polling booth to enable electors in the part to vote in the poll. (sec.49-ssec.3) If the returning officer acts under subsection (1) or (2) , the officer must— fix the times, during the period starting 11 days before the polling day and ending at 6p.m. on the polling day, when the mobile polling booth may be used for voting; and publish a notice on the electoral commission’s website, and in other ways the returning officer considers appropriate— declaring all or part of the institution or the place as a mobile polling booth for the election; and stating the times at which votes may be cast at the booth. (sec.49-ssec.4) If the returning officer arranges a place to be available as a mobile polling booth under subsection (2) , the returning officer may change the arrangements made for the mobile polling booth under subsection (3) at any time. (sec.49-ssec.5) If the arrangements are changed under subsection (4) , the returning officer must take the steps that are practical and appropriate to give public notice of the changed arrangements. (sec.49-ssec.6) The returning officer must give written notice to candidates of the declaration of the mobile polling booth, the times at which votes may be cast at the booth, and any change to the arrangements under subsection (4) . (sec.49-ssec.7) On the declaration of a mobile polling booth, the patients or residents of the institution who are electors, or electors resident in the part of the local government area in which the mobile polling booth is situated, may vote at the booth during— the times stated for the booth in the notice published under subsection (3) (b) ; or if the times have been changed under subsection (4) —the changed times. - (a) fix the times, during the period starting 11 days before the polling day and ending at 6p.m. on the polling day, when the mobile polling booth may be used for voting; and - (b) publish a notice on the electoral commission’s website, and in other ways the returning officer considers appropriate— (i) declaring all or part of the institution or the place as a mobile polling booth for the election; and (ii) stating the times at which votes may be cast at the booth. - (i) declaring all or part of the institution or the place as a mobile polling booth for the election; and - (ii) stating the times at which votes may be cast at the booth. - (i) declaring all or part of the institution or the place as a mobile polling booth for the election; and - (ii) stating the times at which votes may be cast at the booth. - (a) the times stated for the booth in the notice published under subsection (3) (b) ; or - (b) if the times have been changed under subsection (4) —the changed times.