- (b) a day to which the nomination of candidates is postponed under section 56A of the Parliamentary Elections Act for the election;
"place of accommodation" includes a boarding premises;
"poll" does not include a poll using a direct recording electronic voting system;
"polling day", for an election in an electoral division, means—
- (a) the day on which the poll is to be taken at the election; or
- (b) a day to which the poll is adjourned and postponed under section 56C of the Parliamentary Elections Act for the election;
"Returning Officer" means the individual appointed as a Returning Officer under section 3(1) of the Parliamentary Elections Act;
"special polling station" means a polling station established under section 5(2);
"Stay Order Regulations" means the Infectious Diseases (COVID-19 Stay Orders) Regulations 2020.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, an elector is subject to—
- (a) a COVID-19 quarantine order for so long as the elector is required to be detained and isolated, or to remain and be isolated, in a place because of the COVID-19 quarantine order applicable to the elector; or
- (b) a COVID-19 stay order for so long as the elector is required to not leave a place of accommodation because of the COVID-19 stay order applicable to the elector.
(3) Unless expressly provided otherwise in this Act, any word or expression in this Act that is defined in section 2(1) of the Parliamentary Elections Act has the meaning given to it by that section.
