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Fix
the date of the next general election and all subsequent elections;
to forbid
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the dissolution of Parliament
otherwise than in accordance with this Act; to
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allow the House of Commons to
change the day of the week on which a
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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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The next general election shall
take place on 7th May 2009.
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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)
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This section is subject to section
3.
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Dissolution
of Parliament
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This present Parliament shall
be dissolved on 7th April 2009.
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This present Parliament may
not be dissolved otherwise than as provided in
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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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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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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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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)
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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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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)
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This Act may be cited as the
Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2008.
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(2)
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This Act comes into force on
the day on which it is passed.
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(3)
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This Act extends to Northern
Ireland.
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