Local Government (General) Regulation 2021

If there is to be a contested election in respect of any ward or area, the election manager must publish notice of the contested election on the election manager’s website for the period commencing on or as soon as practicable after the nomination day and ending no earlier than election day.

The notice must include the following information—

that a poll will be taken in respect of the ward or area,

whether the poll will be conducted by means of attendance and postal voting or conducted exclusively by means of postal voting,

in relation to an attendance election—

the date of the poll, and

the location of the pre-poll voting office or offices and the hours and days that the pre-poll voting office or offices will be open for pre-poll voting, and

the location of the polling places where the poll will be taken on election day,

in relation to a postal election—

the week in which postal ballot envelopes are likely to be posted or delivered to voters, and

the date and time by which completed postal votes must reach the returning officer,

the full names of the persons who have become candidates and the names under which those persons have been nominated as candidates,

the names of the political parties (if any) that must be printed adjacent to the names of the candidates on the ballot-papers,

whether the word “Independent” must be printed adjacent to the name of any candidate on the ballot-papers,

any other information relating to the election the election manager considers necessary.

The election manager may also publish notice of the contested election in any other manner the election manager considers necessary to bring the notice to the attention of members of the public in the area.