1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) Order 2007.
(2) This Order comes into force—
(a)for the purposes of proceedings preliminary or relating to a parliamentary election to be held after the issue of a proclamation by Her Majesty summoning a new Parliament, on 5th October 2007; and
(b)for all other purposes, on the issue of a proclamation by Her Majesty summoning a new Parliament.
(3) References to constituencies in this Order are references to those constituencies in England constituted by an Order in Council made under section 4 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986(1).