Paragraph 5

Section 37 shall be amended as follows.

At the beginning there shall be inserted “ (1) ”.

The subsection (1) so formed shall end with paragraph (b).

At the beginning of the sentence following paragraph (b) there shall be inserted “ (3) ”.

After the subsection (1) formed by sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) above there shall be inserted—

“(2)

As respects Authority elections, the power conferred by subsection (1)(b) above shall include power to make an order fixing a day other than the first Thursday in May as the day on which the poll is to be held at an ordinary election other than the first.”