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

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 1999-03-23

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Made: 23rd March 1999

Coming into force: 5th April 1999

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.

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

Signed

George Howarth — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — 23rd March 1999

Explanatory note

(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.

Footnotes

1983 c. 2; section 28(1)(b) has been amended by Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50).

S.I. 1995/2061; to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject matter of this Order.

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