Paragraph 19

United Kingdom

(1)

This paragraph shall apply where a person ceases to be a delegate in accordance with paragraph 18.

(2)

Where the delegate was appointed from a party’s constituency list, there shall be returned as a delegate in his place—

(a)

the next person on that list who is not a delegate, or

(b)

if there is no such person, the next person on the party’s regional list who is not a delegate.

(3)

Where the delegate was appointed from a regional list, there shall be returned as a delegate in his place the next person on that list who is not a delegate.

(4)

A vacancy which cannot be filled by the application of sub-paragraph (2) or (3) shall remain unfilled.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (2.12.1999) by 1998 c. 47, s. 100(2), Sch. 15 (with s. 95); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.