London Government Act 1963

Registration of electors

3 (1) On and after 1st April 1965 the registration officer for a county constituency situated wholly or partly in Greater London shall be the clerk of the authority of such London borough, or of such county, borough or urban district outside Greater London, as the Secretary of State may determine.

(2) Until 1st April 1965 the registration officer for any constituency situated wholly or partly in Greater London shall be the person who would by virtue of the Representation of the People Act 1949 have held that office apart from the changes of administrative areas effected by this Act.

4 (1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph and paragraph 5 of this Schedule—

(a) as respects any areas in Greater London, the registers of parliamentary and local government electors which are, or apart from the said paragraph 5 would be, required by the Representation of the People Acts to be published not later than 15th February in the years 1964 and 1965 ; and

(b) as respects any administrative areas outside Greater London which are affected by Part I of this Act, the registers of parliamentary and local government electors required as aforesaid to be published not later than 15th February 1965,

shall be prepared and published on the basis that the changes of administrative areas (including the abolition of existing local government areas and the transfer of certain urban districts from one county to another) effected by Part I of this Act had all taken place on the passing of this Act; and in any provision of those Acts or of regulations thereunder relating to the registration of electors, corrupt and illegal practices lists and polling districts, references to local government areas and electoral areas shall, so far as concerns those registers, be construed as references respectively to the local government areas as they will exist as from 1st April 1965 and to the electoral areas in those local government areas.

(2) The foregoing sub-paragraph shall not affect—

(a) the provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1949 or paragraph 3(2) of this Schedule with respect to the office of registration officer ;

(b) the areas for which jurors books are to be prepared under the Juries Acts 1825 to 1954 ;

(c) the exercise of any powers conferred by section 11, 25 or 37 of the Local Government Act 1933 or section 84 of, or Schedule 1 or 2 to, this Act.

5 (1) If it appears to the Secretary of State that any electoral area in Greater London for which councillors are elected to a London borough council will not be ascertained in time for the registers of parliamentary and local government electors for any constituency or local government area comprising that electoral area to be published in compliance with regulations under section 42 of the Representation of the People Act 1949 by 15th February 1964 (being the time required by section 1 of the Electoral Registers Act 1949), he may by order provide for the registers for that constituency or local government area to be published by such later date in 1964 as may be specified in the order; and subsection (6) of the said section 1 (which provides for continuing old registers in force where the new register is not published in the time required by that section and for determining the qualifying date for elections held on the old register) shall apply accordingly where those registers are not published before 15th February 1964.

(2) Any order under this paragraph shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.