Paragraph 4 Questioning of a recall petition

for subsections (1), (1A) and (2) 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.

(2)

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.”;

in subsection (3), for “to which it relates” substitute “of the MP to whom the recall petition related”;

in subsection (4), for “returning officer of the constituency to which the petition related” substitute “petition officer”.