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.