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fix
the date of the next general election and all subsequent general
elections; |
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to forbid the dissolution
of Parliament otherwise than in accordance with this |
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Act; to allow the House
of Commons to change the day of the week on which |
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a general election is held;
and for connected purposes. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Dates
of future general elections |
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(1) |
The next general election
shall take place on 7th May 2009. |
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(2) |
Each subsequent general
election shall take place on the first Thursday in May |
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in the fourth year after
the previous general election. |
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(3) |
This section is subject
to section 3. |
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Dissolution
of Parliament |
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(1) |
This present Parliament
shall be dissolved on 7th April 2009. |
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(2) |
This present Parliament
may not be dissolved otherwise than as provided in |
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(3) |
Each subsequent Parliament
shall be dissolved 30 days before the general |
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election provided for in
section 1(2). |
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(4) |
No subsequent Parliament
may be dissolved otherwise than as provided in |
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Power
of House of Commons to vary date of general election |
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(1) |
The House of Commons may,
by resolution, appoint a day of the week other |
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than Thursday as the day
on which a general election is to take place. |
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(2) |
The power conferred by
subsection (1) may not be used to set a date for a |
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more than 6 days later, |
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than
the date provided for by section 1(1)
or 1(2). |
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Amendment
of Representation of the People Acts |
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(1) |
The Secretary of State
may, by order made by statutory instrument, make such |
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amendments to the Representation
of the People Acts as appear to him to be |
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necessary or expedient
in consequence of this Act. |
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(2) |
An order under subsection
(1) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a |
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resolution of either House
of Parliament. |
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Short
title, commencement and extent |
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(1) |
This Act may be cited as
the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2007. |
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(2) |
This Act comes into force
on the day on which it is passed. |
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(3) |
This Act extends to Northern
Ireland. |
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