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Referendums Act 1997
sec.96Adjournment at both referendum and election
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### sec.96 Adjournment at both referendum and election
This section applies if—
the polling day for a referendum is also the polling day for an election; and
the returning officer adjourns the poll at a polling booth under the Electoral Act 1992 , section 99B or 100 ; and
the commission fixes a day for the taking of the adjourned poll under the Electoral Act 1992 , section 99B or 100 .
The poll at the polling booth for the referendum is also adjourned until the day fixed by the commission for the taking of the adjourned poll for the election.
s 96 amd 2015 No. 35 s 37 ; 2019 No. 31 s 117
(sec.96-ssec.1) This section applies if— the polling day for a referendum is also the polling day for an election; and the returning officer adjourns the poll at a polling booth under the Electoral Act 1992 , section 99B or 100 ; and the commission fixes a day for the taking of the adjourned poll under the Electoral Act 1992 , section 99B or 100 .
(sec.96-ssec.2) The poll at the polling booth for the referendum is also adjourned until the day fixed by the commission for the taking of the adjourned poll for the election.
- (a) the polling day for a referendum is also the polling day for an election; and
- (b) the returning officer adjourns the poll at a polling booth under the Electoral Act 1992 , section 99B or 100 ; and
- (c) the commission fixes a day for the taking of the adjourned poll under the Electoral Act 1992 , section 99B or 100 .