# The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England and Wales) Order 2023, Article 3: Designation of returning officers for county constituencies: England and Wales


(1) In the case of a county constituency listed in the second column of the Table in Part 1 of Schedule 2 (being a constituency in England 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 is the sheriff of the county listed in the third column of that Table opposite to the name of the constituency.
(2) In the case of a county constituency listed in the first column of the Table in Part 2 of Schedule 2 (being a constituency in Wales which is not coterminous with or wholly contained in a preserved county, as defined by section 64(1) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994), the returning officer for a parliamentary election is the sheriff of the county listed in the second column of that Table opposite to the name of the constituency.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1299/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/returning-officers-parliamentary-constituencies-england-and-wales-order-2023/article-3
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