Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986

[F1 Interpretation U.K.

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))

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))