51U.K.In section 156 (costs of election petition)—
(a)in subsection (1) for the words from “the court” onwards there shall be substituted the words “the court may, subject to the provisions of subsection (5) below, make such order with respect to the whole or part of the costs of the petition as is mentioned in that subsection”; and
(b)subsections (2) to (4) (payment of costs by constituency or local authority in certain circumstances) shall cease to have effect.