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Recess Elections Act 1975
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Section 1.
SCHEDULE 1E+W+S+N.I. Certificate of Vacancy
We, whose names are underwritten, being two Members of the House of Commons, do hereby certify—
[that Member of
Parliament for died on
19 ;]
[that Member of
Parliament for [F1 has become disqualified as a
peer for membership of the House Commons] ;]
[that Member of
Parliament for has accepted
the office of , and
that his appointment to that office has been gazetted in the
issue of the
Gazette dated 19 ;]
and we give you this notice to the intent that you may issue your warrant to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery to make out a new writ for the election of a Member to serve as Member of Parliament for in place of him.
To the Speaker of the House of Commons.
Note. If there is no Speaker, or if the Speaker is out of the United Kingdom, this certificate may be addressed to any one of the persons appointed under section 4 of the Recess Elections Act 1975 to exercise the Speaker’s powers under that Act.
F2SCHEDULE 2E+W+S+N.I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F2Sch. 2 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.XI Group 2.
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