83. 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.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 83 in force at 16.12.2015 in accordance with art. 1(1)