SCHEDULES

Valid from 01/12/1998

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. Assembly constituencies and Assembly electoral regions

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 in force at 1.12.1998 by S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2

Orders in Council giving effect to reports of Commission U.K.

Prospective

9 (1) An Order in Council under the 1986 Act for giving effect [F1 to the recommendations contained in a report of the Electoral Commission] may specify different dates for its coming into force—

(a) for the purposes of elections to the House of Commons, and

(b) for the purposes of the return of Assembly members.

(2) The coming into force of an Order in Council under the 1986 Act shall not affect the operation of section 8 or 9, or the constitution of the Assembly, at any time before the next ordinary election.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(1) substituted (prosp.) by 2000 c. 41, ss. 16, 163(2), Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 14 (with s. 156(6))