Article 7

In sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 11 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (closing dates for applications), for the words “sub-paragraphs (3) and (4)” there shall be substituted the words “sub-paragraph (3)”.

For sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) of that paragraph, there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph–

“(3)

Sub-paragraph (2) shall not apply to an application which satisfies the requirements of either sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) or sub-paragraph (8) of paragraph 8; and such an application shall be disallowed if it is received by the Chief Electoral Officer after noon on the sixth day before the date of the election for which it was made.”.

In sub-paragraph (6) of that paragraph, for the words “this paragraph” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 8 and this paragraph”.