The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) (Amendment) Order 1999 No. 950


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1999 No. 950

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) (Amendment) Order 1999

Made

23rd March 1999

Coming into force

5th April 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 28(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1983(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 5th April 1999.

2. Schedule 3 to the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) Order 1995(2) shall be amended by substituting for the district named in the right-hand column of that Schedule opposite to the name of any county constituency which-�

(a)is listed in the left-hand column of that Schedule, and

(b)is also listed in the left-hand column of the Table below,

the district named in the right-hand column of that Table opposite to the name of the county constituency in question.

TABLE

Name of county constituencyDistrict of which registration officer is acting returning officer
Chatham and AylesfordMedway
HerefordHerefordshire
LeominsterHerefordshire
MedwayMedway
NewburyWest Berkshire
North SwindonSwindon
South SwindonSwindon
The WrekinTelford and Wrekin

George Howarth

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

23rd March 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Schedule 3 to the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) Order 1995 to take account of various structural change orders under Part II of the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19) and changes of names made by councils.

(1)

1983 c. 2; section 28(1)(b) has been amended by Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50).

(2)

S.I. 1995/2061; to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject matter of this Order.


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