SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Transfer of functions of Boundary Commissions

Part IAmendments of Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986

Rules for redistribution of seats

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1

Schedule 2 (rules for redistribution of seats) shall be amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 1(4), for “the Boundary Commission” there shall be substituted “the Electoral Commission or (as the case may be) the Boundary Committee”.

3

In paragraph 5, for “a Boundary Commission” there shall be substituted “the Electoral Commission or (as the case may be) a Boundary Committee”.

4

In paragraph 6, for “A Boundary Commission” there shall be substituted “The Electoral Commission or (as the case may be) a Boundary Committee”.

5

In paragraph 7, for “a Boundary Commission” there shall be substituted “the Electoral Commission or (as the case may be) a Boundary Committee”.

6

In paragraph 8—

a

the words “for which there is a Boundary Commission” shall be omitted; and

b

for “report of a Boundary Commission” there shall be substituted “report of the Electoral Commission (or one made by a Boundary Committee for the purposes of it)”.