# The Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001, Regulation 4: Verification number and transitional and consequential provision


(1) In regulation 4 (verification number)—
(a) in paragraph (6), for “after 2001”, there shall be substituted “after 2000”; and
(b) in paragraph (7), after “any year”, there shall be inserted “except 2001”.
(2) On 1st January 2002—
(a) for regulation 4, there shall be substituted the regulation set out in the Schedule to these Regulations;
(b) paragraph (1) above shall cease to have effect; and
(c) in regulation 5 (publicity for verification number)—
(i) for “regulation 4(1) or (2)”, there shall be substituted “regulation 4(1)”;
(ii) for paragraphs (c) and (d), there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—
“(c) that the number so published will have effect for the purposes of determining the validity of petitions presented after 31st March in the year of publication and before 1st April in the following year, unless a different number has effect by virtue of paragraph (4) of regulation 4; and
(d) the effect of paragraph (4) of regulation 4; and”.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4) below, the number published in 2001 (in accordance with regulation 4 as amended by paragraph (1) above) shall be used for verification purposes in relation to any petition presented to the authority before 1st April 2002.
(4) Where the number published in 2002 (in accordance with paragraph (1) of the substituted regulation 4) is less than the number published in 2001, the number to be used for verification purposes, in relation to any petition presented to the authority in the period beginning on the date of publication of the lesser number and ending immediately before 1st April 2002, shall be that lesser number.
(5) Regulation 5 (publicity for verification number) shall have effect, in relation to the number published in 2001 (as mentioned in paragraph (3) above) as if, for paragraphs (c) to (e), there were substituted the following paragraphs—
“(c) that the number so published will have effect for the purpose of determining the validity of petitions presented to the authority in the period beginning on 1st April 2001 and ending immediately before 1st April 2002, unless the number published in 2002 is less, in which case, that lesser number will have effect from the date of its publication until immediately before 1st April 2002; and
(d) of the address of the authority’s principal office.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/760/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-referendums-petitions-and-directions-england-amendment-regulations-2001/regulation-4
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