Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Elections
47B. Voting at special polling station in lieu of voting at ordinary polling station
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Where a special polling station is determined to be established under section 47A(1) in a nursing home for the purposes of the poll in an electoral division, the Returning Officer must, without delay, allot the special polling station to every person —
polling station
“polling station” means any polling station established by or under the authority of the Returning Officer under section 36A for voters to cast their votes at an election, and includes any overseas polling station;
whose name is entered in the certified register of electors in operation for the electoral division;
who is entitled to have his or her name so entered or retained in that register of electors; and
who is an in-patient or a resident of the nursing home during the election period of that election.
An elector who is allotted to a special polling station under subsection (1) may —
elector
“elector” means a person whose name is entered in a register as an elector to vote at an election;
attend in person at a polling place in the special polling station to record his or her vote at an election, or have his or her vote taken by a mobile polling team; or
attend in person at the ordinary polling station allotted to him or her under section 36A(1)(c) to record his or her vote at an election,but not at both in respect of the same election.