1999 No. 950
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) (Amendment) Order 1999

Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 28(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 19831, hereby makes the following Order:

1.

This Order may be cited as the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 5th April 1999.

2.

Schedule 3 to the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) Order 19952 shall be amended by substituting for the district named in the right-hand column of that Schedule opposite to the name of any county constituency which–

(a)

is listed in the left-hand column of that Schedule, and

(b)

is also listed in the left-hand column of the Table below,

the district named in the right-hand column of that Table opposite to the name of the county constituency in question.

TABLE

Name of county constituency

District of which registration officer is acting returning officer

Chatham and Aylesford

Medway

Hereford

Herefordshire

Leominster

Herefordshire

Medway

Medway

Newbury

West Berkshire

North Swindon

Swindon

South Swindon

Swindon

The Wrekin

Telford and Wrekin

George Howarth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Schedule 3 to the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) Order 1995 to take account of various structural change orders under Part II of the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19) and changes of names made by councils.