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This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct the error in S.I. 2023/1230 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Representation Of The People

Redistribution Of Seats

Made 13th March 2024

Coming into force 14th March 2024

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of March 2024

Present,

The King’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

In accordance with section 4(1) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986^f1 (“the Act”), the Secretary of State has submitted to His Majesty in Council a draft of this Order which gives effect to the recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland contained in the report^f2 submitted in accordance with section 3(1) of the Act^f3 and laid before Parliament by the Speaker of the House of Commons in accordance with section 3(2ZB) of the Act^f4, as to the constituencies into which Northern Ireland should be divided in order to give effect to the rules set out in Schedule 2 to the Act^f5.

Therefore, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon Him by section 4(5) of the Act.

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f1: 1986 c. 56. Section 4(1) was substituted by section 2 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 (c. 25) and amended by S.I. 2021/1265.
f2: A copy of the report of the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland is available at: https://www.boundarycommission.org.uk/publications/final-recommendations-report-2023-review-parliamentary-constituencies-pdf.
f3: Section 3(1) was amended by section 10(2) of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1) and by section 1(2) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020.
f4: Section 3(2ZB) was inserted by section 1(4) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020.
f5: Schedule 2 was substituted by section 11(1) of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 and amended by sections 5 to 9 of and paragraph 4 of the Schedule to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020, by paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1) and by S.I. 2018/1310.