C HAPTER 3A P OLL TO RECALL REGIONAL MEMBER 17A Returning officer’s duty to organise poll 20 (1) Having received a recall initiating notice in relation to a regional member, a returning officer must, as soon as reasonably practicable and acting in accordance with any provision made under section 21, designate— (a) a place, or places, at which a vote in a recall poll in relation to the member may be cast, 25 (b) the day on which it is to be possible to vote in the poll at the place, or places, designated under paragraph (a), (c) the times of day during which it is to be possible to vote in the poll at the place, or places, designated under paragraph (a) on polling day. (2) A recall poll is a poll in which each person entitled to vote in it may give a vote either 30 for or against the recall of the member to whom the initiating notice relates. (3) The returning officer, in determining which place or places to designate under subsection (1)(a), must seek to ensure— (a) that all persons entitled to vote in the poll have such reasonable facilities for doing so as are practicable in the circumstances, and 35 (b) that, so far as is reasonable and practicable, every place designated is accessible to disabled persons. 12 Scottish Parliament (Recall of Members) Bill Part 1—Recall of members of the Scottish Parliament Chapter 3A—Poll to recall regional member (4) The day designated under subsection (1)(b) is to fall within the period that— (a) begins 25 working days after the day on which the recall initiating notice was issued, and (b) ends 34 working days after that day. 5 (5) Before designating a day under subsection (1)(b), the returning officer must consult the constituency returning officer (appointed to that office by an order under section 12(1) of the Scotland Act 1998) for each constituency comprising the region of the member to whom the poll relates. (6) The returning officer, in determining the times of day to designate under subsection 10 (1)(c), must seek to ensure that those entitled to vote in the poll have a reasonable 1 opportunity to do so. 17AA Notice of poll to be sent to registered electors (1) As soon as reasonably practicable after complying with section 17A, the returning officer must (in accordance with regulations under section 21) send a notice of poll to persons 15 entitled to vote in the recall poll. (2) The notice of poll under subsection (1) must be issued at least 20 working days before polling day. 17AB Duty to ensure opportunity to vote in poll The returning officer must ensure that the opportunity to vote in the recall poll is (in 20 accordance with regulations under section 21) available— (a) on polling day, at the times and places designated under section 17A(1), and (b) by post before the cut-off date for postal votes specified by regulations under section 21. 17AC Change of polling day 25 (1) The Presiding Officer may change (from the one designated under section 17A(1)(b)) the day designated as the day on which it is to be possible to vote in the recall poll at the place, or places, designated under section 17A(1)(a). (2) But the Presiding Officer may do so only— (a) before the day designated under section 17A(1)(b), 30 (b) after consulting— (i) the returning officer in relation to the recall poll, (ii) the Electoral Commission, and (iii) the convener of the Electoral Management Board for Scotland. (3) A day designated under subsection (1) must fall within the period of 8 weeks beginning 35 with the day designated under section 17A(1)(b). (4) As soon as reasonably practicable after designating a day under subsection (1), the Presiding Officer must— (a) notify the persons mentioned in subsection (2)(b) of the new...