Local Government Act 1985

PART I Elections

1 (1) The [1983 c. 2.] Representation of the People Act 1983 shall be amended as follows.

(2) After section 31(5) there shall be inserted—

“(6) Any polling district formed for the purpose of the election of councillors for any ward of a London borough shall, if the ward is wholly included in the electoral area for the election of a member of the Inner London Education Authority, be a polling district for the election of a member of that Authority for that electoral area.

(7) If the polling districts in an electoral area for the election of a member of the Inner London Education Authority or any part of such an area are not determined by subsection (6) above—

(a) the council of the London borough which includes mat electoral area, or

(b) in the case of an electoral area which includes the City, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, the City of Westminster,

may divide that area or, as the case may be, that part of that area, into polling districts, and may alter any polling district and subsection (3) above applies to any power conferred by this subsection.”

(3) After section 35(3) there shall be inserted—

“(3A) The returning officer at an election of members of the Inner London Education Authority shall be the proper officer of the borough which includes the electoral division for which the election is held or, in the case of the electoral division which includes the City, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, the proper officer of the City of Westminster.”;

and in section 35(4) for " (3)" there shall be substituted " (3A);" .

(4) In section 36—

(a) after subsection (3A) there shall be inserted—

“(3AA) Where the poll at an ordinary election of members of the Inner London Education Authority for an electoral division, or an election to fill a casual vacancy occurring in the office of member of that Authority for an electoral division, is to be held on the same date as the poll at an ordinary election of councillors for any ward of a London borough which is wholly included in that electoral division, or an election to fill a casual vacancy occurring in the office of councillor for such a ward, the polls at those elections shall be taken together.”; and

(b) after subsection (4) there shall be inserted—

“(4A) All expenditure properly incurred by a returning officer in relation to the holding of an election of members of the Inner London Education Authority shall, in so far as it does not exceed any scale fixed for that election by the Authority, be paid by that Authority.”

(5) After section 39(1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A) Subsection (1) above shall apply in relation to an election of a member of the Inner London Education Authority with the substitution for the reference to the returning officer of a reference to the proper officer of the Authority. and in section 39(2) and (6)(a)(ii) after the words " Local Government Act 1972 " there shall be inserted the words " or Part III of the Local Government Act 1985" .”

(6) In section 40(2) for the words" and the Local Government Act 1972 " there shall be substituted the words " , the Local Government Act 1972 and Part III of the Local Government Act 1985" .

(7) In section 47(2) after the words "those Acts " there shall be inserted the words " or Part III of the Local Government Act 1985" .

(8) In section 76(2)(b) after paragraph (i) there shall be inserted—

“(ia) at an election to the Inner London Education Authority,, £620 together with an additional 3-7p. for every entry in the register of electors to be used at the election (as first published);”.

(9) In section 82(4)(a) after the words " Greater London Council" there shall be inserted the words " or the Inner London Education Authority" .

(10) In section 203(1)—

(a) before the definition of " electoral area " there shall be in inserted—

• “' council' includes the Inner London Education Authority and, ' councillors' includes members of that Authority ;”;

(b) in the definition of " local authority " after the words " a London borough council" there shall be inserted the words " the Inner London Education Authority" ;

(c) in the definition of " local government Act" after " 1972 "there shall be inserted the words " or Part III of the Local Government Act 1985" ;

(d) in the definition of " local government area " after the words " London borough " there shall be inserted the words " the Inner London Education Area

(11) In section 203(2) after the words " parliamentary elections " there shall be inserted the words " or of elections of members of the Inner London Education Authority" .