PART 5MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

Vacancies: constituency seats83.

Where the seat of a constituency member is vacant and the date of the poll at an election to fill that vacancy is fixed by the Presiding Officer of the Parliament under section 9 of the 1998 Act (constituency vacancies), the Presiding Officer shall forthwith send a notice to the CRO for that constituency stating—

(a)

that the vacancy exists; and

(b)

the date fixed for the poll at the election to fill that vacancy.