48U.K.In section 136 (security for costs)—
(a)in subsection (2)(a) (parliamentary elections) for “£1,000” there shall be substituted “such amount not exceeding £5,000 as the High Court or a judge of the High Court, on summons, directs”;
(b)in subsection (2)(b) (local government elections) for “£500” there shall be substituted “£2,500”;
(c)in subsection (2)(i)—
(i)at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) above shall be such amount not exceeding £5,000 as the Court of Session or a judge of the Court of Session directs and”; and
(ii)for “£500” there shall be substituted “£2,500”;
(d)for subsection (3) there shall be substituted—
“(3)Within the prescribed time after giving the security the petitioner shall serve on the respondent in the prescribed manner—
(a)a notice of the presentation of the petition and of the amount and nature of the security, and
(b)a copy of the petition.”; and
(e)the following provisions shall cease to have effect—
(i)in subsection (4) the words “not exceeding five days after service of the notice”;
(ii)subsection (5);
(iii)in subsection (7) the words “not exceeding five days”.