# The Postponement of Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2009, Article 2: Postponement of the next local election year in Northern Ireland


(1) The next local election year in Northern Ireland is to be 2011 (and not 2009).
(2) Accordingly in section 11(1) of the 1962 Act (which provides for every fourth year from 1973 to be a local election year) for “the year 1973” there is substituted “the year 2011”.
(3) Section 11(1A) of that section (which requires a local general election to be held on the first Thursday in May) shall not apply to the local general election to be held in 2011.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111471319/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-postponement-of-local-elections-northern-ireland-order-2009/article-2
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