SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Transfer of functions of Boundary Commissions

Part IAmendments of Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986

Rules for redistribution of seats

7(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)”.