# The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) (Amendment) Order 1996, Article 2


After article 4 of the 1995 Order there shall be inserted the following article:
“4A In the case of a county constituency listed in the left-hand column of Schedule 2A to this Order (being a constituency which is not coterminous with or wholly contained in a county, as defined by section 38 of the Sheriffs Act 1887), the returning officer for a parliamentary election shall be the sheriff of the county (as so defined) listed in the right-hand column of that Schedule opposite to the name of the constituency.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/898/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/returning-officers-parliamentary-constituencies-england-amendment-order-1996/article-2
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