# Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, Paragraph 9


In this Schedule—
“the chair” means the person appointed under paragraph 3 above;
“English region” means a region specified in rule 5(2A) of Schedule 2 as the region existed on the day referred to in rule 5(2) of that Schedule;
“public hearing” means a hearing under section 5(4)(c) of this Act;
“qualifying party” means a party that is registered under Part 2 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and either—
(a)has at least one Member of the House of Commons representing a constituency in the region, or (as the case may be) the part of the United Kingdom, in which the hearing is held, or
(b)received at least 10% of the votes cast in that region or part in the most recent parliamentary general election.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/schedule/2A/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-act-1986/schedule-2A/paragraph-9
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