SCHEDULE 4 Miscellaneous Amendments of the Principal Act
Part III (legal proceedings)
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In section 136 (security for costs)—
(a)
in subsection (2)(a) (parliamentary elections) for “£1,000” there shall be substituted “such amount not exceeding £5,000 as the High Court or a judge of the High Court, on summons, directs”;
(b)
in subsection (2)(b) (local government elections) for “£500” there shall be substituted “£2,500”;
(c)
in subsection (2)(i)—
(i)
at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) above shall be such amount not exceeding £5,000 as the Court of Session or a judge of the Court of Session directs and”; and
(ii)
for “£500” there shall be substituted “£2,500”;
(d)
“(3)
Within the prescribed time after giving the security the petitioner shall serve on the respondent in the prescribed manner—
(a)
a notice of the presentation of the petition and of the amount and nature of the security, and
(b)
a copy of the petition.”; and
(e)
the following provisions shall cease to have effect—
(i)
in subsection (4) the words “not exceeding five days after service of the notice”;
(ii)
subsection (5);
(iii)
in subsection (7) the words “not exceeding five days”.