SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Alteration of Assembly electoral regions
Notice of Committee's proposed recommendations
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1
If, having considered the Assembly electoral region issue, the Committee have provisionally determined to propose recommendations affecting any Assembly electoral region, they must publish a notice in at least one newspaper circulating in that region.
2
The notice must state—
a
the effect of the proposed recommendations,
b
(except where the effect of the recommendations is that no alteration affecting the Assembly electoral region be made) that a copy of the recommendations is open to inspection at one or more specified places within each Assembly constituency included in the Assembly electoral region, and
c
that representations with respect to the recommendations may be made to the Committee within one month after the publication of the notice.
3
The Committee must take into consideration any representations duly made in accordance with the notice.
4
If the Committee revise any proposed recommendations after publishing a notice of them under sub-paragraph (1), they must comply again with sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) in relation to the revised proposed recommendations as if no earlier notice had been published.
5
The Committee need not comply with sub-paragraph (1) or (4) if—
a
the proposed recommendations (or the revised proposed recommendations) are only for an alteration in the number of seats for the Assembly electoral region, and
b
the proposed (or revised proposed) total number of seats for the Assembly electoral regions is exactly divisible by five.
6
If the Committee's proposed (or revised proposed) total number of seats for the Assembly electoral regions is not exactly divisible by five, a recommendation for an alteration in the number of seats for any Assembly electoral region is (for the purposes of this paragraph and paragraph 4) a recommendation which also affects all the other Assembly electoral regions.