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Policing elections
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- Chief executive/Chief Constable template letter for candidates, agents and campaigners to agree to abide by the national code of conduct
- College of Policing (2014) Code of Ethics
- Criminal Law Act 1977
- Department for Communities and Local Government (2011) A Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity
- Electoral Commission (2015) Code of conduct for campaigners: postal voting, proxy voting and polling stations
- European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004 (EPE Regulations 2004) (not hyperlinked)
- Example imprint and general imprint rules
- Examples of previous allegations considered under section 106 RPA 1983
- Force election SPOC/local authority contact checklist
- Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981
- Human Rights Act 1998
- Joint Guidance for Candidates in Elections (2021)
- Key contacts
- Key stages in the election process
- Local authority guidance for handling evidence
- Local Government Act 1986
- Maintaining order and preventing undue influence outside polling stations
- NPCC (2020) Pre Election Guidance for Interaction with Police and Crime Commissioner Candidates – Conduct during Pre-Election Period
- NPCC (2019) Pre-Election Period Guidance: Guidance for Interaction with Candidates and Conduct during Pre-election Period
- Perjury Act 1911
- Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
- Public Order Act 1986
- Public Order Act 1986 sections which may assist when dealing with potential public order situations linked to elections
- R (on the application of Woolas) v Parliamentary Election Court (2010) EWHC 3169 (Admin) (not hyperlinked)
- Representation of the People Act 1983
- Schedule of election and election and referendum-related crimes and penalties
- Template memorandum of understanding on joint planning for elections and reporting and investigating electoral malpractice
- Template warning letter for RPA imprint offences
- Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014
- When it goes too far – Joint guidance