Paragraph 48

In section 136 (security for costs)—

(a)

in subsection (2)(a) (parliamentary elections) for “£1,000” there shall be substituted “such amount not exceeding £5,000 as the High Court or a judge of the High Court, on summons, directs”;

(b)

in subsection (2)(b) (local government elections) for “£500” there shall be substituted “£2,500”;

(c)

in subsection (2)(i)—

(i)

at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) above shall be such amount not exceeding £5,000 as the Court of Session or a judge of the Court of Session directs and”; and

(ii)

for “£500” there shall be substituted “£2,500”;

(d)

for subsection (3) there shall be substituted—

“(3)
Within the prescribed time after giving the security the petitioner shall serve on the respondent in the prescribed manner—
(a)
a notice of the presentation of the petition and of the amount and nature of the security, and
(b)
a copy of the petition.”; and

(e)

the following provisions shall cease to have effect—

(i)

in subsection (4) the words “not exceeding five days after service of the notice”;

(ii)

subsection (5);

(iii)

in subsection (7) the words “not exceeding five days”.