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The Election Petition (Amendment) Rules 2003

S.I. 2003/972 · Made 24 March 2003

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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 24th March 2003

Laid before Parliament 2nd April 2003

Coming into force 1st May 2003

The Civil Procedure Rule Committee, being the authority having for the time being power to make rules of court for the Supreme Courtf1, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 136, 182 and 185 of the Representation of the People Act 1983f2, make the following Rules—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

in accordance with section 2 of the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (c. 12).

f2

1983 c. 2. Section 136 was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), section 24 and Schedule 4, paragraph 48.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

These Rules may be cited as the Election Petition (Amendment) Rules 2003 and shall come into force on 1st May 2003.

2

In rule 19(1) of the Election Petition Rules 1960f1—

(a)

for “enlarged” substitute “varied”; and

(b)

after “rules 2.8 to 2.11” insert “and 3.1(2)(a)”.

Signature

Phillips of Worth Matravers, M.R.

Andrew Morritt, V-C.

Anthony May, L.J.

Stephen Oliver-Jones

Carlos Dabezies

Steven Whitaker

Michael Black

Philip Rainey

Tim Parker

Juliet Herzog

Nicholas Burkill

Alan Street

Ahmad Butt

I allow these Rules

Irvine of Lairg, C.

24th March 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules make it clear that periods of time prescribed by the Election Petition Rules 1960 may be varied by the court or by the parties unless they are governed by section 119 of the Representation of the People Act 1983.