The European Parliamentary Election Petition (Amendment) Rules 2009

Made: 29th April 2009

Laid before Parliament: 1st May 2009

Coming into force: 29th May 2009

The Civil Procedure Rule Committee, being the authority for the time being having power to make rules of court for the Supreme Court, in exercise of the power conferred on it by regulation 120 of the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004¹, makes the following Rules—

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

These Rules may be cited as the European Parliamentary Election Petition (Amendment) Rules 2009 and come into force on 29th May 2009.

2

In these Rules—

• (a) “the 1979 Rules” means the European Parliamentary Election Petition Rules 1979²; and

• (b) a reference to a rule by number alone means the rule so numbered in the 1979 Rules.

Amendments to the 1979 Rules

3

The 1979 Rules are amended in accordance with rules 4 and 5 of these Rules.

4

Omit rule 2(5).

5

In rule 5(2)(b)(ii), for “Commissioner for Oaths Ordinance” substitute “Commissioners for Oaths and Public Notaries Act 1953³”.

Signed

Sir Anthony Clarke, M.R. — Martin Moore-Bick, L.J. — Michael Briggs, J. — Master Barbara Fontaine — HHJ Stephen Stewart Q.C. — District Judge Robert Hill — District Judge Suzanne Burn — David di Mambro — Richard Walford — Andrew Parker — Katy Peters — David Grant

I allow these Rules

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Michael Wills — Minister of State — Ministry of Justice — 29th April 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of these Rules)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Rules amend the European Parliamentary Election Petition Rules 1979 by replacing the reference to “Ordinance” with “Act”. The reason for the change is that Gibraltar Ordinances were renamed as Acts under the Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006.

Footnotes