SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4 Miscellaneous Amendments of the Principal Act
Schedule 1 (parliamentary elections rules)
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In Schedule 1 in rule 53—
a
in paragraph (2) (return of deposit) for the words “as soon as practicable after” there shall be substituted the words “not later than the next day after that on which”;
b
after that paragraph there shall be inserted—
2A
For the purposes of paragraph (2) above—
a
a day shall be disregarded if it would be disregarded under rule 2 above in computing any period of time for the purposes of the timetable for an election of the kind in question; and
b
the deposit shall be treated as being returned on a day if a cheque for the amount of the deposit is posted on that day.