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Paragraph 12

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

After section 49(1) (authorised excuses for failure as respects return and declarations) there shall be added the following subsection:

“(1A)

Where a person makes an application under this section in respect of the return and declaration as to election expenses at a local election, he shall notify the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland of the application and the Director or his assistant or any barrister or solicitor duly appointed as the Director’s representative may attend the hearing of the application and make representations at the hearing in respect of it.”.