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Paragraph 4 Questioning of a recall petition

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In section 121 (presentation and service of a recall petition complaint) for subsection (1), substitute—

“(1)

A recall petition complaint may be presented by one or more of the following persons—

(a)

a person who signed the petition or was entitled to do so; or

(b)

the MP in relation to whom the petition was held.

(1ZA)

The respondent to a complaint shall be—

(a)

where the complaint relates to the conduct of the petition officer, that officer;

(b)

where the complaint is made by a person other than the MP in relation to whom the petition was held, that MP;

(c)

otherwise, the petition officer.”.