The Parish Council Election Rules 1970
In pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by sections 29, 78 and 165(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1949(a) and paragraph 31(1) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Act 1958(b), and by section 61 of the Local Government Act 1933(c), I hereby make the following Rules for the conduct of an election of parish councillors and of the chairman of a parish council, and the following Regulations prescribing the form of declaration of acceptance of office by the chairman of a parish co...