London Government Act 1963 (c. 33)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Parliamentary and Local Government Elections in and Around Greater London

PART III Modifications of Representation of the People Act 1949

25 In section 5(5)(b) the words " expressed by the Act creating it to be " shall be omitted.

26 As from 1st April 1965 sections 6(2) and 17(1) shall not apply to any county constituency situated wholly or partly in Greater London.

27 (1) Section 22 (1) shall not apply in relation to elections of councillors of the Greater London Council.

(2) If the polling districts in an electoral area for the election of a councillor of the Greater London Council or in part of such an area are not determined by paragraph 16 of this Schedule, the council of the London borough which includes that electoral area or, in the case of an electoral area which includes the City and the Temples, the oouncil of the London borough numbered 1 in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act may divide that area or, as the case may be, that part of that area into polling districts and may alter any polling district, and section 22 (3) shall apply to the power conferred by this paragraph.

28 Section 26(2) to (7) shall not apply to elections of councillors of the Greater London Council.

29 Section 27(2) to (5) shall not apply to elections of London borough councillors.

30 Section 41(5) shall not apply to the Greater London Council.

31 As from 1st April 1965, for section 110(3)(b) there shall be substituted—

“(b) if the said constituency is wholly or partly in Greater London, the petition may be heard at such place within Greater London as the High Court may appoint”.

32 As from 1st April 1965, section 111(1) and (2) shall not apply to the trial of an election petition relating to a parliamentary election if the place of trial is at the Royal Courts of Justice or the Central Criminal Court.

33 (1) In section 172 (1), the definition of " county " shall not apply in relation to Greater London, and in the definition of " local government Act" after the word " 1933 " there shall be inserted the words " or the London Government Act 1963 ",

(2) In section 172 (3), for the words " London county councillors " there shall be substituted the words " councillors of the Greater London Council ",

34 In the local elections rules in Schedule 2—

(a) rule 3(3) shall be omitted ;

(b) rules 4(1)(b) and 4(2) shall not apply to an election of councillors of the Greater London Council;

(c) for rule 4(3) there shall be substituted the following :

“(3) At an election of councillors of the Greater London Council a notice shall be published by causing it—

(a) to be affixed to the town hall of the borough which constitutes or includes the electoral area and, if the electoral area includes the City of London, at the Guildhall of the said City ; and

(b) to be exhibited in such places in the electoral area as the returning officer may determine;”;

(d) in rule 4(4) for the word " London" in both places where it occurs there shall be substituted the words " Greater London

(e) for rule 47(b) there shall be substituted the following:—

“(b) at an election of councillors for the Greater London Council, to the clerk to that Council.”

35 Paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 shall not apply to the Greater London Council.

36 Any modifications of an enactment made by Part II or this Part of this Schedule shall not affect the operation of that enactment in relation to an election held on or after the date of the passing of this Act to fill a casual vacancy occurring before that date.