Consequences of finding by petition court of corrupt or illegal practiceU.K.
19. In section 158 (report as to whether MP guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice)—
(a)in subsection (1), omit “or section 145”;
(b)in subsection (3)—
(i)for the first paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—
“(a)that no corrupt or illegal practice was committed at the recall petition by the MP to whom the petition relates or with his knowledge or consent and the offences mentioned in the report were committed without the sanction or connivance of that MP, and
(b)that all reasonable means for preventing the commission of corrupt and illegal practices at the petition were taken by and on behalf of that MP.”;
(ii)omit the second paragraph.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 4 para. 19 in force at 4.3.2016, see reg. 1