SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Amendments of the Representation of the People Acts

Ordinary day of local elections

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1

Section 37 shall be amended as follows.

2

At the beginning there shall be inserted “ (1) ”.

3

The subsection (1) so formed shall end with paragraph (b).

4

At the beginning of the sentence following paragraph (b) there shall be inserted “ (3) ”.

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After the subsection (1) formed by sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) above there shall be inserted—

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As respects Authority elections, the power conferred by subsection (1)(b) above shall include power to make an order fixing a day other than the first Thursday in May as the day on which the poll is to be held at an ordinary election other than the first.