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Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986

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5Notices

(1)Where a Boundary Commission intend to consider making a report under this Act they shall, by notice in writing, inform the Secretary of State accordingly, and a copy of the notice shall be published—

(a)in a case where it was given by the Boundary Commission for England or the Boundary Commission for Wales, in the London Gazette,

(b)in a case where it was given by the Boundary Commission for Scotland, in the Edinburgh Gazette, and

(c)in a case where it was given by the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland, in the Belfast Gazette.

(2)Where a Boundary Commission have provisionally determined to make recommendations affecting any constituency, they shall publish in at least one newspaper circulating in the constituency a notice stating—

(a)the effect of the proposed recommendations and (except in a case where they propose to recommend that no alteration be made in respect of the constituency) that a copy of the recommendations is open to inspection at a specified place within the constituency, and

(b)that representations with respect to the proposed recommendations may be made to the Commission within one month after the publication of the notice ;

and the Commission shall take into consideration any representations duly made in accordance with any such notice.

(3)Where a Boundary Commission revise any proposed recommendations after publishing a notice of them under subsection (2) above, the Commission shall comply again with that subsection in relation to the revised recommendations, as if no earlier notice had been published.

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