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Changes over time for: Section 135


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Representation of the People Act 1983, Section 135 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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135 Consequences of local election declared void.U.K.
(1)Where on a petition questioning an election under the local government Act—
(a)the election of any person has been declared void, and
(b)no other person has been declared elected in his place,
a new election shall be held to fill the vacancy in the same manner as on a casual vacancy.
[(1A)Subsection (1) above shall not apply in the case of an election of the London members of the London Assembly at an ordinary election (for which separate provision is made by section 135A below).]
(2)For the purposes of that election any duties to be performed by any officer shall, if he has been declared not elected, be performed by a deputy or other person who might have acted for him if he had been incapacitated by illness.
(3)This section does not apply to Scotland.
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