C5C6C7C8C9C12C18C19 Part III Legal Proceedings

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5

Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) by S.I. 1987/1, rules 2, 6 and S.I. 1986/2215, rules 2, 9 (which S.I. was revoked (2.1.2007) by S.I. 2006/3305, rule1(4), Sch. 1)

Pt. 3 applied (17.2.1994) by S.I. 1994/342, regs. 1(2)(3), 2(2), 11(2)

Pt. 3 extended (28.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/1214 reg. 5(3) (which S.I. was revoked (23.3.2004) by S.I. 2004/293, reg. 126)

Pt. 3 extended (9.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1184 reg. 7(2)

Pt. 3 extended (E.W.) (1.2.2002) by The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/185), reg. 6

C6

Pt. 3: power to apply conferred (S.) (14.9.2006) by Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9), ss. 3(4), 17(2); S.S.I. 2006/470, art. 2

C8

Pt. 3 applied in part (with modifications) (S.) (17.2.2007 except for specified purposes) by The Scottish Local Government Elections Order 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/42), art. 4

C9

Pt. 3 (ss. 120-186) applied (S.) (12.10.2009) by The Health Board Elections (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/352), reg. 6

C12

Pt. 3 applied in part (10.11.2011 except for the purposes of any election to be held on or before 2.5.2012) by The Scottish Local Government Elections Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/399), arts. 1(1), 4

C19

Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (31.1.2017) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/67), arts. 1, 7

Procedure on all election petitions

C11C10C1C2C3C4C13C14C15C17C16F1137 Petition at issue.

1

The petition shall be at issue as from the relevant time, as defined by subsection (2) below.

2

In this section “the relevant time” means—

a

where the petitioner gives the security for costs required by section 136 above by a deposit of money equal to the amount of the security so required, the time when the security is so given; and

b

in any other case, the time when—

i

the time prescribed for the making of objections under section 136(4) above expires, or

ii

if such an objection is made, that objection is disallowed or removed,

whichever happens later.