LegalizeThe European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) Order 1999
Made: 23rd March 1999
Coming into force: 1st May 1999
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 4(1)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii) of Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 19781, hereby makes the following Order:
1
- (1) This Order may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st May 1999.
- (2) In this Order a reference to an electoral region or a constituency is a reference to that region or constituency as it is for the time being.
2
The returning officer at a European Parliamentary election for the electoral region in England specified in the left-hand column of the Schedule to this Order shall be the person who is the acting returning officer at a parliamentary election for the constituency specified opposite thereto in the right-hand column of that Schedule.
3
The returning officer at a European Parliamentary election for the electoral region of Scotland shall be the person who is the returning officer at a parliamentary election for the Edinburgh South constituency.
4
The returning officer at a European Parliamentary election for the electoral region of Wales shall be the person who is the acting returning officer at a parliamentary election for the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency.
SCHEDULE — RETURNING OFFICERS FOR ELECTORAL REGIONS IN ENGLAND
| Name of electoral region | Name of constituency |
|---|---|
| East Midlands | Northampton North |
| Eastern | Huntingdon |
| London | Chipping Barnet |
| North East | Sunderland North |
| North West | Liverpool, Garston |
| South East | Winchester |
| South West | Yeovil |
| West Midlands | Birmingham, Edgbaston |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | Leeds Central |
Signed
George Howarth — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — 23rd March 1999
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
Article 2 of, and the Schedule to, this Order designate returning officers at European Parliamentary elections for electoral regions in England. Articles 3 and 4 designate the returning officer for such elections for the electoral regions of Scotland and Wales.
Footnotes
1978 c. 10; the title of this Act has been amended by section 3(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) and paragraph 4 was substituted by Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 (c. 1).
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