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Section 29 Interpretation of Part I.C1

England, Wales and Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

In this Part, except where the context otherwise requires—

  • constituency returning officer means the returning officer at an election of an Assembly member for an Assembly constituency (see section 35(2B) of the Representation of the M1People Act 1983);

  • constituency vote has the meaning given by section 4(1)(b) above;

  • elector has the same meaning as in the Representation of the M2People Act 1983 (see section 202(1) of that Act);

  • F1. . .

  • Greater London returning officer means the person who is for the time being the proper officer of the Authority for the purposes of section 35(2C) of the Representation of the M3People Act 1983 (returning officer at elections of Mayor and London members);

  • local government elector means a person registered as a local government elector in the register of electors in accordance with the provisions of the Representation of the People Acts;

  • F2. . .

  • London vote has the meaning given by section 4(1)(c) above;

  • F3...

  • registered political party has the meaning given by section 4(11) above;

  • F4. . .

  • vote and voter have the same meaning as in the Representation of the M4People Act 1983 (see section 202(1) of that Act).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Definition in s. 29 omitted (27.5.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/1435, art. 2, Sch. Pt. 1 para. 2

F2

Definition in s. 29 omitted (27.5.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/1435, art. 2, Sch. Pt. 1 para. 2

F3

Words in s. 29 omitted (26.10.2022) by virtue of Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), ss. 13(4), 67(1); S.I. 2022/1093, reg. 2 (with reg. 3)

F4

Definition in s. 29 omitted (27.5.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/1435, art. 2, Sch. Pt. 1 para. 2

Marginal citations

M1

1983 c. 2.

M2

1983 c. 2.

M3

1983 c. 2.

M4

1983 c. 2.

Modifications

C1

S. 29 modified (7.3.2000) by S.I. 2000/308, art. 3