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Paragraph 44

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

In paragraph 7 (provisions as to security for costs) of Schedule 8 (election courts):

(a)

in sub-paragraph (2)(b) for the words “five hundred pounds” there shall be substituted “£2,500”;

(b)

at the end of sub-paragraph (3) there shall be added:

“In respect of a petition relating to a local election the following provisions shall have effect in substitution for the foregoing provisions of this sub-paragraph:

  • ‘Within the prescribed time after giving the security the petitioner shall serve on the respondent in the prescribed manner—

    1. (a)

      a notice of the presentation of the petition and of the amount and nature of the security, and

    2. (b)

      a copy of the petition.’.”;

(c)

at the end of sub-paragraph (4) there shall be added:

“In respect of a petition relating to a local election this sub-paragraph shall have effect as if the words ‘, not exceeding five days after service of the notice,’ were omitted.”;

(d)

sub-paragraph (5) shall be omitted; and

(e)

at the end of sub-paragraph (7) there shall be added:

“In respect of a petition relating to a local election this sub-paragraph shall have effect as if the words “not exceeding five days” were omitted.”.