28 Discharge of returning officer's functions in England and Wales
Representation of the People Act 1983 (1983 c 2) | Legislation

28  Discharge of returning officer's functions in England and Wales

(1)     In England and Wales the duties of the returning officer for a parliamentary election (except those mentioned in subsection (2) below) shall be discharged, as acting returning officer—

(a)     in the case of a constituency [in England] for which the chairman of a district council or the mayor [or the chairman] of a London borough is returning officer by virtue of section 24(1) above, by the registration officer appointed by that council;

[(aa)     in the case of a constituency in Wales for which the chairman of a county or county borough council is returning officer by virtue of that section, by the

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