PART IVLEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Petition at issue

92.—(1) The Assembly election petition shall be at issue as from the relevant time, as defined by paragraph (2).

(2) In this article “the relevant time” means—

(a)where the petitioner gives the security for costs required by article 91 by a deposit of money equal to the amount of the security required, the time when the security is given; and

(b)in any other case, the time when—

(i)the time prescribed for the making of objections under article 91(4) expires, or

(ii)if such an objection is made, that objection is disallowed or removed,

whichever happens later.