http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/26/schedule/7/paragraph/7Local Government Act 2003An Act to make provision about finance, and other provision, in connection with local and certain other authorities; to provide for changing the dates of local elections in 2004; to amend the Audit Commission Act 1998; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-06-14Expert Participation2024-05-07SCHEDULESSCHEDULE 7Minor and consequential amendmentsRepresentation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50)71

Section 15 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (combination of polls) shall have effect as if the following were inserted after subsection (5)—

5A

The power under subsection (5) above to make provision in connection with the combining under this section of polls at—

a

a local government election in England and Wales, and

b

the European Parliamentary general election in 2004,

includes power to make provision modifying, in relation to such elections, any enactment relating to election of members of the European Parliament or any instrument made under any such enactment or under the Representation of the People Acts.

2

The following shall extend to Gibraltar—

a

the power conferred by section 15(5) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), so far as extended by section 15(5A) of that Act, and

b

the Representation of the People Acts, so far as relating thereto.

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