This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).
(1)If the petition officer notifies the Speaker under section 14(2)(b) that the recall petition was successful, the MP’s seat becomes vacant on the giving of that notice.
(2)That does not apply if the seat has already been vacated (whether by the MP’s disqualification or death, or otherwise).
(3)Subsection (1) is subject to regulations under section 18 about the questioning of the outcome of the recall petition.
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