5(1)At the first elections of councillors for a new principal area the returning officer shall be an officer of the council appointed by such existing county, borough or urban or rural district council as the Secretary of State may by order designate and not a person appointed under section 41 above.
(2)Section 42(5) above shall not apply to any such election, but all expenditure properly incurred by a returning officer or other officer in relation to the holding of any such election shall be paid in the first instance by the council by whom the returning officer was appointed and shall be defrayed by the existing authorities concerned in such proportions respectively as may be agreed between them or, in default of such agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State.
(3)In relation to any such election “the appropriate officer” in Parts II and III of the M1Representation of the People Act 1949 means the returning officer appointed under this paragraph instead of having the meaning assigned to that expression by section 55(6)(b) of that Act.
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