European Assembly Elections Act 1978

PART III Interpretation

11 In this Schedule—

• " the 1949 Act " means the [1949 c. 66.] House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 ;

• " the 1958 Act " means the [1958 c. 26.] House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1958 ;

• " Boundary Commission " means a Boundary Commission established by the 1949 Act other than the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland.

12 In Part II of this Schedule and this paragraph in their application to a part of Great Britain for which there is a Boundary Commission—

• " electoral quota " means the number obtained by dividing the electorate of that part of Great Britain by die number of Assembly constituencies specified for that part in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 1 to this Act;

• " electorate " means—

  (a)

  in relation to an Assembly constituency, the number of persons whose names appear on the relevant registers for that Assembly constituency in force on the enumeration date;

  (b)

  in relation to that part of Great Britain, the number of persons whose names appear on the relevant registers for that part of Great Britain in force on the enumeration date;

• " enumeration date " means—

  (a)

  in relation to any report of a Boundary Commission under paragraph 1 above, the 16th February 1977;

  (b)

  in relation to any supplementary report of a Boundary Commission under paragraph 2 or 3 above, the date on which the notice with respect to that report is published in accordance with section 2(4) of the 1949 Act;

• " the relevant registers " means the following registers under the Representation of the People Acts, namely—

  (a)

  in relation to an Assembly constituency, the registers of parliamentary electors to be used at an Assembly election in that Assembly constituency;

  (b)

  in relation to that part of Great Britain, the registers of parliamentary electors for the parliamentary constituencies in that part.