383AAdjournment of voting

#### 383A Adjournment of voting 383A Adjournment of voting > > (1) This section applies if polling has been suspended under section 383. > > > (2) The election manager must adjourn the taking of the poll at the polling place to a later day if— > > > > > (a) voting cannot be reopened on election day, or > > > > > (b) the election manager is of the opinion that a person who would have voted at the polling place could not reasonably have voted at another polling place. > > > (3) The election manager must specify the day the election is adjourned to. > > > (4) The election manager may only adjourn the election to a day that is— > > > > > (a) as soon as practicable after the election day, but > > > > > (b) between the day following the election day and the following— > > > > > > > (i) the 13th day following the election day, > > > > > > > (ii) a later day—if the election manager is satisfied it is necessary to comply with a public health order, or to reduce the risk of infection from COVID-19 of electors and other persons at the polling place. > > > (5) The election manager must give public notice of the day the election is adjourned to on the election manager’s website. > > > (6) The initial scrutiny and count under section 348A at the polling place and the completion of the count under section 351 in the ward or area where the poll has been adjourned are not to proceed until the adjourned poll has been finally closed. > > > (7) If the poll has been adjourned at a polling place within a ward, only those electors who are entitled to be enrolled for that ward are entitled to vote at the adjourned poll. > > **s 383A:** Am 2021 (617), Sch 1\[13\].