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[4AModifications of recommendations in reportsU.K.
(1)Subsection (2) applies where—
(a)a report of a Boundary Commission has been submitted to the Speaker of the House of Commons under section 3(1),
(b)it is a report under section 3(1)(a) (report with recommendations), and
(c)no draft of an Order in Council has yet been submitted to Her Majesty in Council under section 4(1) in relation to the report.
(2)The Commission in question may submit to the Speaker a statement (“a statement of modifications”) specifying—
(a)the modifications which they consider should be made to the recommendations in the report in order to correct any error in those recommendations, and
(b)their reasons for those modifications.
(3)On submitting a statement of modifications to the Speaker under subsection (2), the Commission must send a copy of it to the Secretary of State or the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
(4)On receiving a statement of modifications under subsection (2), the Speaker must lay it before Parliament.
(5)As soon as reasonably practicable after a statement of modifications has been laid under subsection (4), the Boundary Commission which submitted the statement must publish it in such manner as they think fit.
(6)Where a statement of modifications in relation to a report has been laid under subsection (4), the draft of the Order in Council to be submitted under section 4(1) in relation to the report must give effect to the recommendations in the report with the modifications specified in the statement.]
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