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Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986

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[F19U.K.In this Schedule—

  • the chair” means the person appointed under paragraph 3 above;

  • [F2English region” means a region specified in rule 5(2A) of Schedule 2 as the region existed on the day referred to in rule 5(2) of that Schedule;]

  • public hearing” means a hearing under [F3section 5(4)(c)] of this Act;

  • qualifying party” means a party that is registered under Part 2 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and either—

    (a)

    has at least one Member of the House of Commons representing a constituency in the region, or (as the case may be) the part of the United Kingdom, in which the hearing is held, or

    (b)

    received at least 10% of the votes cast in that region or part in the most recent parliamentary general election.]

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