Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (c. 56)

SCHEDULES

[F1 SCHEDULE 2A U.K. Public hearings about Boundary Commission proposals

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2A inserted (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 11 (with s. 13(5))

Interpretation U.K.

9 U.K. In this Schedule—

• “the chair” means the person appointed under paragraph 3 above;

• [F2 “English region” means a region specified in rule 5(2A) of Schedule 2 as the region existed on the day referred to in rule 5(2) of that Schedule;]

• “public hearing” means a hearing under [F3 section 5(4)(c)] of this Act;

• “qualifying party” means a party that is registered under Part 2 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and either—

  (a)

  has at least one Member of the House of Commons representing a constituency in the region, or (as the case may be) the part of the United Kingdom, in which the hearing is held, or

  (b)

  received at least 10% of the votes cast in that region or part in the most recent parliamentary general election.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 2A para. 9 substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1310), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1(4) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1389, regs. 1, 2(2))

F3 Words in Sch. 2A para. 9 substituted (14.12.2020) by Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 (c. 25), s. 14(2), Sch. para. 5(3) (with s. 13(2))