New Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 1998
122.—(1) The New Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 1998 (1) is amended as follows.
(2) For article 3(4) (application of certain provisions for Assembly elections) is substituted—
“(4) Section 35(2)(h) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (2) shall apply in relation to an Assembly election petition as it applies in relation to a parliamentary election petition and as though the reference in that Section to the 1983 Act was a reference to that Act as applied by Schedule 1 to this Order.”.
(3) In Schedule 1 (application with modifications of certain provisions for Assembly elections)—
(a)in the left-hand column, after the entry in respect of section 200 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 is inserted “Section 200A (remuneration for free postal services provided under the Act)”; and
(b)in the right-hand column opposite that entry is inserted “In subsection (3) for the words form “charged” to the end, substitute “paid by the Secretary of State”.
1978 c. 23. Section 35(2)(h) was amended by Schedule 8 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2.).