Section 73 Attendance of Director of Public Prosecutions at trial of election petition.
F1[F2 The Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland] shall attend the trial of every election petition or cause it to be attended on his behalf.F3 At the trial of a petition relating to a local election, this section shal have effect as if for the word shall there were substituted may and, if the election court so requests him, shall.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
continue to am. 2002 c. 26
- F2
- F3
SI 1987/168
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Refs. to registration officer, returning officer or electoral officer are to be construed as refs. to Chief Electoral Officer, 1972 NI 13