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Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
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Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
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2020-12-31
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2020-12-14
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2018-07-25
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
2016-11-09
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2015-06-22
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2011-09-15
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
2011-02-16
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
Changes on 2011-02-16
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- (1) Each Boundary Commission shall keep under review the representation in the House of Commons of the part of the United Kingdom with which they are concerned and shall, in accordance with subsection (2) below, submit to the Secretary of State reports with respect to the whole of that part of the United Kingdom, either—
- (a) Showing the constituencies into which they recommend that it should be divided in order to give effect to the rules set out in paragraphs 1 to 6 of Schedule 2 to this Act (read with paragraph 7 of that Schedule), or
- (b) stating that, in the opinion of the Commission, no alteration is required to be made in respect of that part of the United Kingdom in order to give effect to the said rules (read with paragraph 7).
- (2) Reports under subsection (1) above shall be submitted by a Boundary Commission not less than eight or more than twelve years from the date of the submission of their last report under that subsection.
- (a) Showing the constituencies into which they recommend that it should be divided in order to give effect to the rules set out in Schedule 2 to this Act, or
- (b) stating that, in the opinion of the Commission, no alteration is required to be made in respect of that part of the United Kingdom in order to give effect to the said rules ....
- (2) A Boundary Commission shall submit reports under subsection (1) above periodically—
- (a) before 1st October 2013, and
- (b) before 1st October of every fifth year after that.
- (2A) A failure by a Boundary Commission to submit a report within the time limit which is appropriate to that report shall not be regarded as invalidating the report for the purposes of any enactment.
- (3) Any Boundary Commission may also from time to time submit to the Secretary of State reports with respect to the area comprised in any particular constituency or constituencies in the part of the United Kingdom with which they are concerned, showing the constituencies into which they recommend that that area should be divided in order to give effect to the rules set out in paragraphs 1 to 6 of Schedule 2 to this Act (read with paragraph 7 of that Schedule).
- (2B) In relation to any report which a Boundary Commission are required by subsection (2) above to submit before a particular date but have not yet submitted (a “pending boundary report”), the Commission shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Commons—
- (a) during the January that begins one year and nine months before that date, and
- (b) during each subsequent January,
a report setting out what progress they have made with the preparation of the pending boundary report, with particular reference to the requirement in subsection (2) above.
- (2C) On receiving a report under subsection (2B) above, the Speaker shall lay it before Parliament.
- (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (4) A report of a Boundary Commission under this Act showing the constituencies into which they recommend that any area should be divided shall state, as respects each constituency, the name by which they recommend that it should be known, and whether they recommend that it should be a county constituency or a borough constituency (or in Scotland a county constituency or a burgh constituency).
- (5) As soon as may be after a Boundary Commission have submitted a report to the Secretary of State under this Act, he shall lay the report before Parliament together, except in a case where the report states that no alteration is required to be made in respect of the part of the United Kingdom with which the Commission are concerned, with the draft of an Order in Council for giving effect, whether with or without modifications, to the recommendations contained in the report.
- (6) Schedule 2 to this Act which contains the rules referred to above and related provisions shall have effect.
- (7) For the purposes of the application of the rules in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to this Act (relationship between constituencies and certain local government boundaries) a report of a Boundary Commission under subsection (1) above shall take account only of those boundaries (whether of counties, London boroughs, local authority areas in Scotland or wards in Northern Ireland) which are in operation at whichever is the earlier of—
- (a) the date of the report; and
- (b) the tenth anniversary of the date of the submission of the most recent report of the Commission under subsection (1) above;
but nothing in this subsection shall prevent a Boundary Commission publishing proposed recommendations which take account of boundaries which at the time of publication are prospective only.
- (8) For the purposes of subsection (7) above, a boundary shall be regarded as prospective at any time if, at that time, it is specified in a provision of an Act, Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly, statutory instrument or statutory rule but the boundary has not yet come into operation.
- (5) As soon as may be after the submission of a report under subsection (1) above, the Secretary of State shall lay the report before Parliament.
- (5A) As soon as may be after the submission of all four reports under subsection (1) above that are required by subsection (2) above to be submitted before a particular date, the Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament the draft of an Order in Council for giving effect to the recommendations contained in them.
- (5B) Where—
- (a) a Boundary Commission have submitted a report under subsection (1) above (but no draft under subsection (5A) above has yet been laid in relation to the report),
- (b) the Commission notify the Secretary of State that the recommendations contained in the report are to have effect with specified modifications, and
- (c) the Commission submit to the Secretary of State a statement of the reasons for those modifications,
the draft under subsection (5A) above shall give effect to the recommendations with those modifications.
- (5C) Subsections (5A) and (5B) above do not apply where each of the reports mentioned in subsection (5) above states that no alteration is required to be made in respect of the part of the United Kingdom with which the Commission in question are concerned.
- (6) Schedule 2 to this Act which contains the rules referred to above ... shall have effect.
- (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Orders in Council
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- (1) The draft of any Order in Council laid before Parliament by the Secretary of State under this Act for giving effect, whether with or without modifications, to the recommendations contained in the report of a Boundary Commission may make provision for any matters which appear to him to be incidental to, or consequential on, the recommendations.
- (2) Where any such draft gives effect to any such recommendations with modifications, the Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament together with the draft a statement of the reasons for the modifications.
- (2) Where any such draft gives effect to any such recommendations with modifications, the Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament together with the draft the statement submitted under section 3(5B)(c) above of the reasons for the modifications.
- (3) If any such draft is approved by resolution of each House of Parliament, the Secretary of State shall submit it to Her Majesty in Council.
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##### 5
- (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.
- (1) Once a Boundary Commission have decided what constituencies they propose to recommend in a report under section 3(1)(a) above—
- (a) the Commission shall take such steps as they think fit to inform people in each of the proposed constituencies—
- (i) what the proposals are,
- (ii) that a copy of the proposals is open to inspection at a specified place within the proposed constituency, and
- (iii) that written representations with respect to the proposals may be made to the Commission during a specified period of 12 weeks (“the initial consultation period”);
- (b) the Commission shall cause public hearings to be held during the period beginning with the fifth week of the initial consultation period and ending with the tenth week of it.
- (2) Subsection (1)(a)(ii) above does not apply to a constituency with respect to which no alteration is proposed.
- (3) Schedule 2A to this Act, which makes further provision about public hearings under subsection (1)(b) above, has effect.
- (4) After the end of the initial consultation period the Commission—
- (a) shall publish, in such manner as they think fit, representations made as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above and records of public hearings held under subsection (1)(b) above;
- (b) shall take such steps as they think fit to inform people in the proposed constituencies that further written representations with respect to the things published under paragraph (a) above may be made to the Commission during a specified period of four weeks (“the secondary consultation period”).
- (5) If after the end of the secondary consultation period the Commission are minded to revise their original proposals so as to recommend different constituencies, they shall take such steps as they see fit to inform people in each of those revised proposed constituencies—
- (a) what the revised proposals are,
- (b) that a copy of the revised proposals is open to inspection at a specified place within the revised proposed constituency, and
- (c) that written representations with respect to the revised proposals may be made to the Commission during a specified period of eight weeks.
- (6) Subsection (5) above does not apply to any proposals to make further revisions.
- (7) Steps taken under subsection (4) or (5) above need not be of the same kind as those taken under subsection (1) above.
- (8) A Boundary Commission shall take into consideration—
- (a) written representations duly made to them as mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (4)(b) or (5)(c) above, and
- (b) representations made at public hearings under subsection (1)(b) above.
- (9) Except as provided by this section and Schedule 2A to this Act, a Boundary Commission shall not cause any public hearing or inquiry to be held for the purposes of a report under this Act.
- (10) Where a Boundary Commission publish—
- (a) general information about how they propose to carry out their functions (including, in the case of the Boundary Commission for England, information about the extent (if any) to which they propose to take into account the boundaries mentioned in rule 5(2) of Schedule 2 to this Act), or
- (b) anything else to which subsection (1), (4) or (5) above does not apply,
it is for the Commission to determine whether to invite representations and, if they decide to do so, the procedure that is to apply.
#### Local inquiries
##### 6
- (1) A Boundary Commission may, if they think fit, cause a local inquiry to be held in respect of any constituency or constituencies.
- (2) Where, on the publication of the notice under section 5(2) above of a recommendation of a Boundary Commission for the alteration of any constituencies, the Commission receive any representation objecting to the proposed recommendation from an interested authority or from a body of electors numbering one hundred or more, the Commission shall not make the recommendation unless, since the publication of the notice, a local inquiry has been held in respect of the constituencies.
- (3) Where a local inquiry was held in respect of the constituencies before the publication of the notice mentioned in subsection (2) above, that subsection shall not apply if the Commission, after considering the matters discussed at the local inquiry, the nature of the representations received on the publication of the notice and any other relevant circumstances, are of opinion that a further local inquiry would not be justified.
- (4) In subsection (2) above, “interested authority” and “elector” respectively mean, in relation to any recommendation, a local authority whose area is wholly or partly comprised in the constituencies affected by the recommendation, and a parliamentary elector for any of those constituencies; and for this purpose “*local authority*” means—
- (a) in England and Wales, the council of a county county borough, London borough or district,
- (b) in Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, and
- (c) in Northern Ireland, the council of a district.
- (5) Subsections (2) and (3) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 (which relate to the attendance of witnesses at inquiries) shall apply in relation to any local inquiry which the Boundary Commission for England or the Boundary Commission for Wales may cause to be held in pursuance of this Act.
- (6) In relation to any local inquiry which the Boundary Commission for Scotland may cause to be held in pursuance of this Act, the said subsections (2) and (3) shall apply as if that Act applied to Scotland but with the substitution of references to an order for references to a summons.
- (7) In relation to any local inquiry which the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland may cause to be held in pursuance of this Act, sections 19 and 20 of the Poor Relief (Ireland) (No. 2) Act 1847 shall apply.
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#### Consequential amendments
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- (2) Article 2(7) of the Local Government Reorganisation (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 is hereby revoked.
- (3) Where a period of time specified in any enactment repealed by this Act is current at the commencement of this Act, this Act shall have effect as if the corresponding provision of this Act had been in force when the period began to run.
- (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Citation, commencement and extent
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- (c) in the case of the Commission for Wales, the Statistics Board and the Director General of Ordnance Survey,
- (d) in the case of the Commission for Northern Ireland, the Registrar General of Births and Deaths in Northern Ireland, the Commissioner of Valuation for Northern Ireland and the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.
- (d) in the case of the Commission for Northern Ireland, the Registrar General of Births and Deaths in Northern Ireland, the Commissioner of Valuation for Northern Ireland , the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland and the Chief Survey Officer of Land and Property Services.
##### 6
- (1) The Secretary of State may, at the request of any Commission, appoint one or more assistant Commissioners to inquire into, and report to the Commission upon, such matters as the Commission think fit.
- (2) Any such assistant Commissioner shall be appointed either for a certain term or for the purposes of a particular inquiry, and on such conditions as to remuneration and otherwise as may be determined before his appointment by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury.
- (1) The Secretary of State may, at the request of any Commission, appoint one or more assistant Commissioners to assist the Commission in the discharge of their functions.
- (2) Any such assistant Commissioner shall be appointed either for a certain term or for the purposes of a particular matter, and on such conditions as to remuneration and otherwise as may be determined before his appointment by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury.
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##### 1
- (1) The number of constituencies in Great Britain shall not be substantially greater or less than 613.
- (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (3) The number of constituencies in Wales shall not be less than 35.
- (4) The number of constituencies in Northern Ireland shall not be greater than 18 or less than 16, and shall be 17 unless it appears to the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland that Northern Ireland should for the time being be divided into 16 or (as the case may be) into 18 constituencies.
The number of constituencies in the United Kingdom shall be 600.
##### 2
Every constituency shall return a single member.
- (1) The electorate of any constituency shall be—
- (a) no less than 95% of the United Kingdom electoral quota, and
- (b) no more than 105% of that quota.
- (2) This rule is subject to rules 4(2), 6(3) and 7.
- (3) In this Schedule the “ *United Kingdom electoral quota* ” means—
$$U596$where U is the electorate of the United Kingdom minus the electorate of the constituencies mentioned in rule 6.$
##### 3
There shall continue to be a constituency which shall include the whole of the City of London and the name of which shall refer to the City of London.
- (1) Each constituency shall be wholly in one of the four parts of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland).
- (2) The number of constituencies in each part of the United Kingdom shall be determined in accordance with the allocation method set out in rule 8.
##### 4
- (1) So far as is practicable having regard to rules 1 to 3A—
- (a) in England and Wales,—
- (i) no county or any part of a county shall be included in a constituency which includes the whole or part of any other county or the whole or part of a London borough,
- (ii) no London borough or any part of a London borough shall be included in a constituency which includes the whole or part of any other London borough,
- (b) in Scotland, regard shall be had to the boundaries of local authority areas,
- (c) in Northern Ireland, no ward shall be included partly in one constituency and partly in another.
- (1A) In sub-paragraph (1)(a) above “*county*” means, in relation to Wales, a preserved county (as defined by section 64 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994).
- (2) In sub-paragraph (1)(b) above “*area*” and “*local authority*” have the same meanings as in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
- (1) A constituency shall not have an area of more than 13,000 square kilometres.
- (2) A constituency does not have to comply with rule 2(1)(a) if—
- (a) it has an area of more than 12,000 square kilometres, and
- (b) the Boundary Commission concerned are satisfied that it is not reasonably possible for the constituency to comply with that rule.
##### 5
The electorate of any constituency shall be as near the electoral quota as is practicable having regard to rules 1 to 4; and a Boundary Commission may depart from the strict application of rule 4 if it appears to them that a departure is desirable to avoid an excessive disparity between the electorate of any constituency and the electoral quota, or between the electorate of any constituency and that of neighbouring constituencies in the part of the United Kingdom with which they are concerned.
- (1) A Boundary Commission may take into account, if and to such extent as they think fit—
- (a) special geographical considerations, including in particular the size, shape and accessibility of a constituency;
- (b) local government boundaries as they exist on the most recent ordinary council-election day before the review date;
- (c) boundaries of existing constituencies;
- (d) any local ties that would be broken by changes in constituencies;
- (e) the inconveniences attendant on such changes.
- (2) The Boundary Commission for England may take into account, if and to such extent as they think fit, boundaries of the electoral regions specified in Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (ignoring paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule and the references to Gibraltar) as it has effect on the most recent ordinary council-election day before the review date.
- (3) This rule has effect subject to rules 2 and 4.
##### 6
A Boundary Commission may depart from the strict application of rules 4 and 5 if special geographical considerations, including in particular the size, shape and accessibility of a constituency, appear to them to render a departure desirable.
- (1) There shall be two constituencies in the Isle of Wight.
- (2) There shall continue to be—
- (a) a constituency named Orkney and Shetland, comprising the areas of the Orkney Islands Council and the Shetland Islands Council;
- (b) a constituency named Na h-Eileanan an Iar, comprising the area of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.
- (3) Rule 2 does not apply to these constituencies.
### General and supplementary
##### 7
It shall not be the duty of a Boundary Commission to aim at giving full effect in all circumstances to the above rules (except rule 3A), but they shall take account, so far as they reasonably can—
- (a) of the inconveniences attendant on alterations of constituencies other than alterations made for the purposes of rule 4, and
- (b) of any local ties which would be broken by such alterations.
- (1) In relation to Northern Ireland, sub-paragraph (2) below applies in place of rule 2 where—
- (a) the difference between—
- (i) the electorate of Northern Ireland, and
- (ii) the United Kingdom electoral quota multiplied by the number of seats in Northern Ireland (determined under rule 8),
exceeds one third of the United Kingdom electoral quota, and
- (b) the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland consider that having to apply rule 2 would unreasonably impair—
- (i) their ability to take into account the factors set out in rule 5(1), or
- (ii) their ability to comply with section 3(2) of this Act.
- (2) The electorate of any constituency shall be—
- (a) no less than whichever is the lesser of—
$N-A$
and 95% of the United Kingdom electoral quota, and
- (b) no more than whichever is the greater of—
$N+A$
and 105% of the United Kingdom electoral quota,
where—
- N is the electorate of Northern Ireland divided by the number of seats in Northern Ireland (determined under rule 8), and
- A is 5% of the United Kingdom electoral quota.
##### 8
In the application of rule 5 to each part of the United Kingdom for which there is a Boundary Commission—
- (a) the expression “*electoral quota*” means a number obtained by dividing the electorate for that part of the United Kingdom by the number of constituencies in it existing on the enumeration date,
- (b) the expression “*electorate*” means—
- (i) in relation to a constituency, the number of persons whose names appear on the register of parliamentary electors in force on the enumeration date under the Representation of the People Acts for the constituency,
- (ii) in relation to the part of the United Kingdom, the aggregate electorate as defined in sub-paragraph (i) above of all the constituencies in that part,
- (c) the expression “*enumeration date*” means, in relation to any report of a Boundary Commission under this Act, the date on which the notice with respect to that report is published in accordance with section 5(1) of this Act.
- (1) The allocation method referred to in rule 3(2) is as follows.
- (2) The first constituency shall be allocated to the part of the United Kingdom with the greatest electorate.
- (3) The second and subsequent constituencies shall be allocated in the same way, except that the electorate of a part of the United Kingdom to which one or more constituencies have already been allocated is to be divided by—
$2C+1$
where C is the number of constituencies already allocated to that part.
- (4) Where the figure given by sub-paragraph (3) above is the same for two or more parts of the United Kingdom, the part to which a constituency is to be allocated shall be the one with the smaller or smallest actual electorate.
- (5) This rule does not apply to the constituencies mentioned in rule 6, and accordingly—
- (a) the electorate of England shall be treated for the purposes of this rule as reduced by the electorate of the constituencies mentioned in rule 6(1);
- (b) the electorate of Scotland shall be treated for the purposes of this rule as reduced by the electorate of the constituencies mentioned in rule 6(2).
##### 9
In this Schedule, a reference to a rule followed by a number is a reference to the rule set out in the correspondingly numbered paragraph of this Schedule.
- (1) This rule has effect for the purposes of this Schedule.
- (2) The “electorate” of the United Kingdom, or of a part of the United Kingdom or a constituency, is the total number of persons whose names appear on the relevant version of a register of parliamentary electors in respect of addresses in the United Kingdom, or in that part or that constituency.
For this purpose the relevant version of a register is the version that is required by virtue of subsection (1) of section 13 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 to be published no later than the review date, or would be so required but for—
- (a) any power under that section to prescribe a later date, or
- (b) subsection (1A) of that section.
- (3) “Local government boundaries” are—
- (a) in England, the boundaries of counties and their electoral divisions, districts and their wards, London boroughs and their wards and the City of London,
- (b) in Wales, the boundaries of counties, county boroughs, electoral divisions, communities and community wards,
- (c) in Scotland, the boundaries of local government areas and the electoral wards into which they are divided under section 1 of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, and
- (d) in Northern Ireland, the boundaries of wards.
- (4) “Ordinary council-election day” is—
- (a) in relation to England and Wales, the ordinary day of election of councillors for local government areas;
- (b) in relation to Scotland, the day on which the poll is held at ordinary elections of councillors for local government areas;
- (c) in relation to Northern Ireland, the day of an election for any district council (other than an election to fill a casual vacancy).
- (5) The “ *review date* ”, in relation to a report under section 3(1) of this Act that a Boundary Commission is required (by section 3(2)) to submit before a particular date, is two years and ten months before that date.
- (6) “ *The United Kingdom electoral quota* ” has the meaning given by rule 2(3).
- (7) A reference in rule 6 to an area is to the area as it existed on the coming into force of Part 2 of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011.
## SCHEDULE 3
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## SCHEDULE 4
#### The Boundary Commissions.
#### Parliamentary constituencies.
##### 3A
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[^c814241]: S. 3(1) amended (12.11.1992) by [Boundary Commissions Act 1992 (c. 55)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55), [s. 2(1)(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55/section/2/1/2)
[^c814261]: Words in s. 3(2) substituted (12.11.1992) (except as respects a report to which s. 2(2) of the substituting Act applies) by [Boundary Commissions Act 1992 (c. 55)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55), [s. 2(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55/section/2/2/3)
[^c814271]: S. 3(2A) inserted (12.11.1992) by [Boundary Commissions Act 1992 (c. 55)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55), [s. 2(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55/section/2/4)
[^c814281]: S. 3(7)(8) added (12.11.1992) by [Boundary Commissions Act 1992 (c. 55)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55), [s. 3(1)-(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55/section/3/1)
[^c814291]: S. 3(7) modified (12.11.1992) by [Boundary Commissions Act 1992 (c. 55)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55), [s. 3(2)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55/section/3/2/3)
[^c814481]: S. 4 modified (19.11.1998) by [1998 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46), [s. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/1), [Sch. 1 para. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/schedule/1/paragraph/4) (with s. 126(3)-(11)
[^c814551]: Words in s. 6(4)(a) inserted (E.W.) by [1994 c. 19](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19), [s. 66(3)(6)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/section/66/3/6), [Sch. 16 para. 80](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/16/paragraph/80) (with [ss. 54(5)(7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/section/54/5/7), [55(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/section/55/5), [Sch. 17 paras. 22(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/17/paragraph/22/1), [23(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/17/paragraph/23/2)); [S.I. 1996/396](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/396), [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/396/article/4), [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/396/schedule/2)
[^c814561]: Words in s. 6(4)(b) substituted (s.) (1.4.1996) by [1994 c. 39](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/39), [ss. 180(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/39/section/180/1), [Sch. 13 para. 150](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/39/schedule/13/paragraph/150); [S.I. 1996/323](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/323), [art. 4(1)(b)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/323/article/4/1/b/c)
[^c814571]: [1972 c. 70](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70).
[^c814581]: [1847 c. 90](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1847/90).
[^c20059871]: S. 6A repealed (19.8.2003) by [The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1887), [art. 9](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1887/article/9), [Sch. 2 para. 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1887/schedule/2/paragraph/7)
[^c814741]: [S.I. 1973/2095](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/2095).
[^c814201]: S. 3A inserted (prosp.) by [2000 c. 41](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41), [ss. 16](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/section/16), [163(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/section/163/2), [Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/schedule/3/part/I/paragraph/3) (with [s. 156(6)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/section/156/6)) (which amending Sch. 3 Pt. 1 was repealed (prosp.) by [2009 c. 20](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20), [ss. 61(3)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/section/61/3/d), [146](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/section/146), [148(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/section/148/3), [Sch. 7 Pt. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/schedule/7/part/3))
[^c3396681]: S. 6A inserted (25.11.2002) by [The Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2626)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2626), [art. 20](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2626/article/20), [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2626/schedule/2) {para. 14}
[^c17679851]: [Sch. 1 para. 4A](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/1/paragraph/4A) inserted (12.11.1992) by [Boundary Commissions Act 1992 (c. 55)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55), [s. 1(1)(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55/section/1/1/2)
[^c17679861]: [Sch. 1 para. 4A](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/1/paragraph/4A) explained (12.11.1992) by [Boundary Commissions Act 1992 (c. 55)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55), [s. 1(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55/section/1/3)
[^c20067991]: [Sch. 1 para. 5(a)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/1/paragraph/5/a/c): functions transferred (1.4.2008) by [Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18), [ss. 25(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18/section/25/2/c), [74](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18/section/74); [S.I. 2008/839](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/839), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/839/article/2)
[^c20067941]: Words in [Sch. 1 para. 5(a)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/1/paragraph/5/a/c) substituted (1.4.2008) by [Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18), [ss. 25(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18/section/25/3), [74](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18/section/74), [Sch. 1 para. 10](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18/schedule/1/paragraph/10); [S.I. 2008/839](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/839), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/839/article/2)
[^c814801]: Words in [Sch. 1 para. 8](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/1/paragraph/8) substituted (12.11.1992) by [Boundary Commissions Act 1992 (c. 55)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55), [s. 1(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55/section/1/4)
[^c814881]: [Sch. 2 rule 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/2/rule/1/2) repealed (1.7.1999) by [1998 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46), [ss. 86(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/86/2), [125](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/125), [Sch. 9](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/schedule/9) (with [s. 126(3)-(11)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/126/3)); [S.I. 1998/3178](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3178), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3178/article/2/1)
[^c814851]: [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/2) rule. 3A inserted (1.7.1999) by [1998 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46), [s. 86(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/86/3) (with [s. 126(3)-(11)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/126/3)); [S.I. 1998/3178](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3178), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3178/article/2/1)
[^c814951]: Words in [Sch. 2 rule 4(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/2/rule/4/1) substituted (1.7.1999) by [1998 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46), [s. 86(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/86/3) (with [s. 126(3)-(11)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/126/3)); [S.I. 1998/3178](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3178), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3178/article/2/1)
[^c814961]: [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/2) rule. 4(1A) inserted (1.10.1995) by [1994 c. 19](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19), [ss. 1(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/section/1/3), [Sch. 2 para. 13](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/2/paragraph/13) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2); [S.I. 1995/2490](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2490), [art. 3(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2490/article/3/1), [Sch. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2490/schedule/1)
[^c814971]: [1973 c. 65](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65).
[^c814861]: [Sch. 2 rule 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/2/rule/5) amended (1.7.1999) by [1998 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46), [s. 86(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/86/4); [S.I. 1998/3178](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3178), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3178/article/2/1)
[^c814871]: [Sch. 2 rule 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/2/rule/5) amended (1.7.1999) by [1998 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46), [s. 86(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/86/4); [S.I. 1998/3178](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3178), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3178/article/2/1)
[^c815001]: Words in [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/2) rule. 7 inserted (1.7.1999) by [1998 c. 46](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46), [s. 86(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/86/1) (with s. 126(3)-(11); [S.I. 1998/3178](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3178), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3178/article/2/1)
[^c815051]: [Sch. 3 para. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/3/paragraph/1) repealed (2.12.1999) by [1998 c. 47](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47), [s. 100(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/100/2), [Sch. 15](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/15) (with [s. 95](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/95)): [S.I. 1999/3209](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3209), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3209/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3209/schedule)
[^c815061]: [Sch. 3 para. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/3/paragraph/2) repealed (2.12.1999) by [1998 c. 47](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47), [s. 100(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/100/2), [Sch. 15](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/15) (with [s. 95](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/95)): [S.I. 1999/3209](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3209), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3209/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3209/schedule)
[^c17679851]: Sch. 1 para. 4A inserted (12.11.1992) by [Boundary Commissions Act 1992 (c. 55)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55), [s. 1(1)(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55/section/1/1/2)
[^c17679861]: Sch. 1 para. 4A explained (12.11.1992) by [Boundary Commissions Act 1992 (c. 55)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55), [s. 1(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55/section/1/3)
[^c20067991]: Sch. 1 para. 5(a)(c): functions transferred (1.4.2008) by [Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18), [ss. 25(2)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18/section/25/2/c), [74](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18/section/74); [S.I. 2008/839](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/839), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/839/article/2)
[^c20067941]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 5(a)(c) substituted (1.4.2008) by [Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18), [ss. 25(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18/section/25/3), [74](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18/section/74), [Sch. 1 para. 10](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18/schedule/1/paragraph/10); [S.I. 2008/839](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/839), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/839/article/2)
[^c814801]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 8 substituted (12.11.1992) by [Boundary Commissions Act 1992 (c. 55)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55), [s. 1(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/55/section/1/4)
[^c815051]: Sch. 3 para. 1 repealed (2.12.1999) by [1998 c. 47](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47), [s. 100(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/100/2), [Sch. 15](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/15) (with [s. 95](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/95)): [S.I. 1999/3209](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3209), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3209/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3209/schedule)
[^c815061]: Sch. 3 para. 2 repealed (2.12.1999) by [1998 c. 47](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47), [s. 100(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/100/2), [Sch. 15](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/15) (with [s. 95](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/95)): [S.I. 1999/3209](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3209), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3209/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3209/schedule)
[^c815091]: [1975 c. 24](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/24).
[^c815101]: [1975 c. 25](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/25).
[^c815231]: [Sch. 3 para. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/3/paragraph/5) repealed (1.5.1999) by [1999 c. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/1), [s. 3(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/1/section/3/3), [Sch. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/1/schedule/4); [S.I. 1999/717](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/717), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/717/article/2/1) (with [art. 2(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/717/article/2/3))
[^c815231]: Sch. 3 para. 5 repealed (1.5.1999) by [1999 c. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/1), [s. 3(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/1/section/3/3), [Sch. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/1/schedule/4); [S.I. 1999/717](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/717), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/717/article/2/1) (with [art. 2(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/717/article/2/3))
[^c815111]: Words substituted retrospectively by virtue of [European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58, SIF 29:5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/58), [s. 3(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/58/section/3/1)(*b*)(3)
[^c815251]: [Sch. 3 para. 6](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/3/paragraph/6) repealed (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the repealing Act) by [Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12), [ss. 289](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12/section/289), [290](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12/section/290), [Sch.12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12/schedule/12) (with [s. 201(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12/section/201/3), [Sch. 11 paras. 22](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12/schedule/11/paragraph/22), [26(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12/schedule/11/paragraph/26/2), [27](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12/schedule/11/paragraph/27))
[^c815251]: Sch. 3 para. 6 repealed (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the repealing Act) by [Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12), [ss. 289](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12/section/289), [290](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12/section/290), [Sch.12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12/schedule/12) (with [s. 201(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12/section/201/3), [Sch. 11 paras. 22](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12/schedule/11/paragraph/22), [26(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12/schedule/11/paragraph/26/2), [27](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12/schedule/11/paragraph/27))
[^key-a69ce4b458b84ffa02a2661afd468c65]: Act functions made exercisable concurrently (18.8.2010) by [Lord President of the Council Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1837)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1837), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1837/article/1/2), [3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1837/article/3)
[^key-e25282c88f57e70145ca2b1ca456dbd1]: [S. 6B](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/section/6B) inserted (18.8.2010) by [Lord President of the Council Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1837)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1837), [art. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1837/article/1/2), [Sch. para. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1837/schedule/paragraph/4)
[^key-00bc8ba1745f125d806486649a274f81]: Act modified (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [s. 13(6)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/6) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-317818b1c8bbe2edb9cbe007cfcabed3]: Sch. 2 substituted (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [ss. 11(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/11/1), [19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-3b4b3897ae20a9bfffed18d20a1b1b56]: [Sch. 2A](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/2A) inserted (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [s. 19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1), [Sch. 11](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/schedule/11) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-252fe563e77145de93a632439fd08423]: S. 3(2B)(2C) inserted (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [ss. 10(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/10/4), [19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-686a00bdda102fc986cfc3616702e46f]: S. 3(5)-(5C) substituted for s. 3(5) (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [ss. 10(6)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/10/6), [19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-1aab91f78304b29a07deb4df00e159ef]: Words in s. 3(1)(a) substituted (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [ss. 10(2)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/10/2/a), [19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-1bbcbc1ad91fc61b5b9619611f1abadc]: Words in s. 3(1)(b) repealed (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [ss. 10(2)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/10/2/b), [19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1), [Sch. 12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/schedule/12) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-83d5094439fa6ccdaf792f4e416a7d24]: S. 3(2) substituted (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [ss. 10(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/10/3), [19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-213aa6c1ce17d4d4cfb85e7835502f5d]: S. 3(3) repealed (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [ss. 10(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/10/5), [19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1), [Sch. 12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/schedule/12) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-216bc86cd6c3e92d9329fae571d720f0]: Words in s. 3(6) omitted (16.2.2011) by virtue of [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [s. 19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1), [Sch. 12 Pt. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/schedule/12/part/2) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-fb4193173458105015a1b3abcc4b9d28]: S. 3(7)(8) repealed (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [ss. 10(7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/10/7), [19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1), [Sch. 12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/schedule/12) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-ef3b5d7783e1916b3c28613c3058a6b9]: Words in s. 4(2) substituted (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [ss. 10(8)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/10/8), [19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-2e09706aed23c236171df97762b912d7]: [S. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/section/5) substituted (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [ss. 12(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/12/1), [19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1)
[^key-1d338b148c388b5455cf969d4252c9b1]: [S. 6](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/section/6) repealed (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [ss. 12(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/12/3), [19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1), [Sch. 12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/schedule/12)
[^key-d42339d8aa6ee37faae9d8c4c563bf3c]: [S. 8(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/section/8/3) repealed (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [s. 19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1), [Sch. 12 Pt. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/schedule/12/part/2) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-71370f9d7b1bc49655f923df88b5ff64]: Word in [Sch. 1 para. 5(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/1/paragraph/5/d) substituted (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [ss. 10(9)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/10/9/a), [19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-0c8659bf99952ada23f17046d864ba79]: Words in [Sch. 1 para. 5(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/1/paragraph/5/d) inserted (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [ss. 10(9)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/10/9/b), [19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-3a13bf862de19a07235d9b01d44e9aa6]: Words in [Sch. 1 para. 6(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/1/paragraph/6/1) substituted (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [ss. 10(10)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/10/10/a), [19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^key-b2d76fefec367496865f4dd90391c72a]: Word in [Sch. 1 para. 6(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/1/paragraph/6/2) substituted (16.2.2011) by [Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1), [ss. 10(10)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/10/10/b), [19(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/19/1) (with [s. 13(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/13/5))
[^M_F_dd3fc675-e63c-4594-d767-7fc900796768]: S. 3A inserted (prosp.) by [2000 c. 41](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41), [ss. 16](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/section/16), [163(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/section/163/2), [Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/schedule/3/part/I/paragraph/3) (with [s. 156(6)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/section/156/6)) (which amending Sch. 3 Pt. 1 was repealed (1.4.2010) by [2009 c. 20](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20), [ss. 61(3)(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/section/61/3/d)[(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/section/61/3/e), [148(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/section/148/3/b), [Sch. 7 Pt. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/schedule/7/part/3); [S.I. 2009/3318](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3318), [art. 4(j)(hh)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3318/article/4/j/hh))
##### 6B
See the Lord President of the Council Order 2010 by virtue of which functions of the Secretary of State under this Act are exercisable concurrently with the Lord President of the Council.
#### Reviews and proposed recommendations by Boundary Committees.
### Number of constituencies
### Electorate per constituency
### Allocation of constituencies to parts of the United Kingdom
### Area of constituencies
### Factors
### Protected constituencies
### Northern Ireland
### The allocation method
### Interpretation
## SCHEDULE 2A
### Purpose of hearings
##### 1
The purpose of a public hearing is to enable representations to be made about any of the proposals with which the hearing is concerned.
### Number of hearings
##### 2
- (1) In relation to any particular report under section 3(1)(a) of this Act—
- (a) the Boundary Commission for England shall cause at least two and no more than five public hearings to be held in each English region;
- (b) the Boundary Commission for Scotland shall cause at least two and no more than five public hearings to be held in Scotland;
- (c) the Boundary Commission for Wales shall cause at least two and no more than five public hearings to be held in Wales;
- (d) the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland shall cause at least two and no more than five public hearings to be held in Northern Ireland.
- (2) The public hearings in an English region shall be concerned with proposals for that region, and shall between them cover the whole region.
- (3) The public hearings in Scotland shall be concerned with proposals for Scotland, and shall between them cover the whole of Scotland.
- (4) The public hearings in Wales shall be concerned with proposals for Wales, and shall between them cover the whole of Wales.
- (5) The public hearings in Northern Ireland shall be concerned with proposals for Northern Ireland, and shall between them cover the whole of Northern Ireland.
### Chair of hearing
##### 3
For each public hearing the Boundary Commission concerned shall appoint a person to chair the hearing.
### Length of hearings
##### 4
A public hearing shall be completed within two days.
### Procedure at hearings
##### 5
It is for the chair of each public hearing to determine the procedure that is to govern that hearing.
##### 6
The chair shall make arrangements for a public hearing to begin with an explanation of—
- (a) the proposals with which the hearing is concerned;
- (b) how written representations about the proposals may be made (as mentioned in section 5(1)(a), (4)(b) or (5)(c) of this Act).
##### 7
- (1) The chair of a public hearing must allow representations to be made—
- (a) by each qualifying party;
- (b) by any other persons (whether individuals or organisations) considered by the chair to have an interest in any of the proposals with which the hearing is concerned.
Paragraph (b) above has effect subject to sub-paragraph (3)(b) below.
- (2) The chair may restrict the amount of time allowed for representations—
- (a) by qualifying parties, and
- (b) by other persons,
and need not allow the same amount to each.
- (3) The chair may determine—
- (a) the order in which representations are made, and
- (b) if necessary because of shortage of time, which of those wishing to make representations are not allowed to do so,
in whatever way the chair decides.
##### 8
- (1) The chair may put questions, or allow questions to be put, to a person present at the hearing.
- (2) If questions are allowed to be put, the chair may regulate the manner of questioning or restrict the number of questions a person may ask.
### Interpretation
##### 9
In this Schedule—
- “*the chair*” means the person appointed under paragraph 3 above;
- “*English region*” means an electoral region specified in Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (ignoring paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule and the references to Gibraltar) as it has effect on the day referred to in rule 5(2) of Schedule 2 to this Act;
- “*public hearing*” means a hearing under section 5(1)(b) of this Act;
- “*qualifying party*” means a party that is registered under Part 2 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and either—has at least one Member of the House of Commons representing a constituency in the region, or (as the case may be) the part of the United Kingdom, in which the hearing is held, orreceived at least 10% of the votes cast in that region or part in the most recent parliamentary general election.
*Note:* The following abbreviations are used in this Table:—
2010-08-18
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
2008-04-01
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
2007-05-03
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
2003-08-19
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
1986-11-07
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
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