Declaration of Verification Number

Purbeck District Council

The Local Authority (Referendums)

(Petitions & Directions)

(England) Regulations 2000

Publication of Verification Number

Under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 a petition may be submitted to the Council requiring a referendum to be held on the question of whether there should be an elected mayor for the District.  The Act requires that any such petition, to be valid, must be signed by at least 5% of the local government electors for the District.

In accordance with Regulation 4(1) of the above regulations the Proper Officer of the Council must publish each year a notice of the number that is equal to 5% of the electorate.  This number is known as the “Verification Number”.

Notice is given, therefore, that the Verification Number for the Purbeck District for the period 1^st April 2010 to 31^st March 2011 has been published by the Proper Officer and is:

1851

This figure will have effect for the purposes of determining the validity of Petitions presented from 1^st April 2010 to 31^st March 2011.

Steve Mackenzie
Proper Officer
Purbeck District Council
Westport House
Worgret Road
Wareham
Dorset
BH20 4PP

8 February 2010

E-mail: peteraston@purbeck-dc.gov.uk

Links:-

• Find out about the 2010 elections
• View the results of past elections and polls
• Find out about voting - how and why?
• View details about electoral registration
• Read about the Electoral Administration Act
• View details of the Council's Electoral Services staff
• View the Council's current political composition and read more about  Purbeck's District Councillors

Contact Details:-

For further information about democracy and elections, please contact

Peter Aston, Principal Democratic Services Officer, Tel. 01929 557221, email electoralservices@purbeck-dc.gov.uk

or

Leigh Johnson - Electoral Services Officer, Tel. 01929 557219, email electoralservices@purbeck-dc.gov.uk