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| Clause 9, page 9, line 38, after ‘Scotland’, insert ‘and of Wales’. |
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| Clause 8, page 6, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3) | After subsection (1) there is inserted— |
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| | “(1A) | Before commencing work on any report or review the Boundary |
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| | Commission for Wales must— |
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| | (a) | consult such organisations and individuals as it sees fit to |
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| | determine the issues which should influence its decisions, and |
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| | (b) | following consultation with the Secretary of State for Wales and |
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| | the Welsh Assembly Government, appoint three independent |
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| | persons to be known as the Wales Convention on Parliamentary |
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| | Representation, “the Convention”. |
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| | (1B) | The duties and powers of the Convention shall be established by the |
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| | Secretary of State by regulations made by statutory instrument, and must |
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| | (a) | inviting representations from organisations and individuals, |
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| | (b) | assessing these representations, |
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| | (c) | holding meetings and public hearings, and |
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| | (1C) | A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (1B) is |
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| | subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of |
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| Schedule 2, page 48, line 29, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’. |
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| Schedule 2, page 48, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | If the difference between the total number of votes cast in the referendum in the |
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| | country in favour of the answer “Yes” and the total number of votes cast in the |
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| | referendum in the country in favour of the answer “No” is fewer than 10,000 or |
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| | 0.1 per cent. of the total number of votes cast, whichever is the smaller number, |
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| | the Chief Counting Officer must give a direction to regional counting officers to |
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| | have all the votes in their region re-counted.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, leave out line 6 and insert— |
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| | (a) | The Electoral Commission shall within two months of Royal Assent to |
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| | this Act specify the date on which the referendum is to be held. |
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| | (b) | The specified date must be— |
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| | (i) | within 18 months of the date of Royal Assent to this Act, and |
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| | (ii) | a date on which no other election to a parliament or assembly in |
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| | the United Kingdom is to be held. |
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| | (c) | The Minister must lay before Parliament the draft of an Order in Council |
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| | to give effect to the specified date. |
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| | (d) | The draft of the Order in Council under paragraph (c) above shall not be |
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| | laid before Parliament until the specified date has been agreed by the |
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| | Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the National |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 19, at end insert ‘; and |
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| | (c) | British subjects of Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies who |
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| | have individually expressed a wish to participate in United Kingdom |
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| | Parliamentary elections.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 19, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | The Minister must, within one month of the day on which this Act is passed, by |
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| | Order made by statutory instrument provide for a system of prior registration of |
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| | those entitled to vote in the referendum under subsection (1)(d) above, and for |
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| | mechanisms by which their votes can be cast.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The 1986 Act after section 1(1) there is inserted— |
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| | “(1A) | There shall for the purposes of paraliamentary elections be a constituency |
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| | named the Overseas constituency, returning a single member, for British |
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| | subjects of Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies who have |
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| | expressed a wish to participate in United Kingdom parliamentary |
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| | (1B) | A Boundary Commission may make a report under section 3 of this Act |
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| | (Reports of the Boundary Commissions) if in its view the number of |
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| | members to be elected from the Overseas constituency should increase, |
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| | in which case references in that section to “the part of the United |
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| | Kingdom” should be disregarded. |
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| | (1C) | If a Boundary Commission mades a report under subsection (1B) of this |
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| | Act, sections 3A (Reviews and proposed recommendations by Boundary |
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| | Commissions), 4 (Orders in Council) and 5 (Notices) of this Act apply to |
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| | (1D) | Entitlement to vote in the Overseas constituency must be based on the |
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| | register prepared under section (2)(1A) of the Parliamentary Voting |
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| | System and Constituencies Act 2010.”.’. |
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| Clause 4, page 3, line 13, after ‘5(2)’ insert ‘or (6) or 6(3)’. |
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| Clause 4, page 3, line 16, after ‘5(2)’ insert ‘or (6)’. |
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| Clause 4, page 3, line 29, leave out ‘if for’ and insert ‘if— |
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| | (a) | paragraph (d) of paragraph 2(1) were omitted, together with paragraph |
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| | 2(3)(a), the words “the loan or” in paragraphs 2(3) and 5(4)(a), the words |
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| | “(d) or” in paragraph 5(4), and paragraph 5(4)(a)(i); |
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| Clause 5, page 4, line 8, at end insert— |
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| | (a) | any provision of an Act, |
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| | (b) | any provision of, or of any instrument made under, an Act of the |
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| | (c) | any provision of, or of any instrument made under, Northern |
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| | (d) | any provision of subordinate legislation (within the meaning of |
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| | the Interpretation Act 1978);’. |
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| Clause 8, page 7, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | In Article 3 of the Lord President of the Council Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1837) |
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| | (which makes certain functions of the Secretary of State exercisable concurrently |
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| | with the Lord President) the reference in paragraph (1) to the Parliamentary |
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| | Constituencies Act 1986 is to be read as a reference to that Act as amended by |
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| Clause 11, page 11, line 30, leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’. |
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| Clause 11, page 11, line 34, leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’. |
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| Clause 11, page 11, line 35, leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’. |
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| Clause 11, page 11, line 40, leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’. |
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| Clause 11, page 12, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | In this section “the Minister” means the Lord President of the Council or the |
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| Schedule 1, page 15, line 37, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | directions requiring them to take specified steps in preparation for the |
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| Schedule 1, page 15, line 42, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | directions requiring them to take specified steps in preparation for the |
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| Schedule 2, page 27, line 33, leave out ‘education’. |
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| Schedule 2, page 35, line 3, leave out paragraph (4). |
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| Schedule 2, page 46, line 44, leave out ‘election’ and insert ‘referendum’. |
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| Schedule 3, page 76, line 14, leave out sub-paragraph (9). |
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| Schedule 3, page 77, line 47, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(9) | The record kept under sub-paragraph (8) must be retained by the registration |
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| | officer for the period of twelve months beginning with the date of the poll for |
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| Schedule 3, page 83, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(11) | The record kept under sub-paragraph (10) must be retained by the registration |
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| | officer for the period of twelve months beginning with the date of the poll for |
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| Schedule 3, page 83, line 28, leave out ‘(subject to any conditions prescribed by the |
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| Schedule 3, page 85, line 18, leave out sub-paragraph (8). |
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| Schedule 4, page 93, line 28, leave out ‘(subject to sub-paragraph (4)(b))’. |
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| Schedule 4, page 93, line 32, leave out sub-paragraphs (4) and (5). |
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| Schedule 4, page 94, leave out lines 7 to 27. |
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| Schedule 4, page 94, line 38, leave out ‘for “this Part” substitute’ and insert ‘after |
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| Schedule 4, page 100, leave out lines 4 and 5 and insert— |
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| | ‘In subsection (4), for the words after “whatever means” |
| | | | | | | | | | | “and the reference to a forecast as to the result of |
| | | | | the referendum includes a reference to a forecast |
| | | | | as to the number or proportion of votes expected |
| | | | | to be cast for each answer to the referendum |
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| Schedule 4, page 100, line 17, leave out ‘1(5)’ and insert ‘1B’. |
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| Schedule 4, page 104, line 16, at end insert— |
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| | | | | | | (a) | for “returning officer at a parliamentary election |
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| | | | | | | | | | (b) | for “the election” substitute “the referendum”. |
| | | | | In subsection (9), for “returning officer” substitute |
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| Schedule 4, page 104, line 29, at end insert— |
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| | ‘1A(1) | In relation to England and Wales, section 13B of the 1983 Act has effect for |
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| | the purposes of the referendum as if a reference to an election to which that |
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| | section applies included a reference to the referendum. |
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| | (2) | In relation to Northern Ireland, section 13BA of the 1983 Act has effect for the |
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| | purposes of the referendum as if— |
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| | (a) | a reference to an election to which that section applies included a |
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| | reference to the referendum, |
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| | (b) | a reference to the final nomination day included a reference to the |
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| | eleventh day before the date of the poll for the referendum, |
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| | (c) | a reference in subsection (4) to an election included a reference to the |
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| | (d) | subsection (4)(b) referred also to the postal voters list or list of proxies |
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| | kept for the referendum under paragraph 16(2) or (3) of Schedule 3. |
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| | (3) | A reference in any enactment to section 13B or 13BA of the 1983 Act includes |
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| | (where the context allows) a reference to that section as modified by this |
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| | (4) | Sub-paragraph (3) has effect, in relation to any register, until the first |
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| | publication after the referendum of a revised version of the register under |
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| | section 13 of the 1983 Act. |
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| | 1B | In sections 173 and 173A of the 1983 Act (which relate to incapacities where |
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| | a person has been convicted of a corrupt or illegal practice) a reference to a |
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| | person convicted of a corrupt or illegal practice includes a reference to a person |
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| | convicted of such a practice under a provision of the 1983 Act applied by |
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| Schedule 4, page 105, line 12, leave out ‘(subject to sub-paragraph (4)(c), (d), (e) |
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| Schedule 4, page 105, line 16, leave out sub-paragraph (4). |
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| Schedule 4, page 113, leave out lines 12 to 24 and insert— |
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| | ‘“(1) | In this regulation “personal identifiers |
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| | | | | (a) | paragraph 3(9) or 7(12) of |
| | | | | | | | | | Representation of the People |
| | | | | Act 2000 in relation to persons |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (b) | paragraph 3(9) or 7(13) of |
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| | | | | | | | | | Regulations 2004 in relation to |
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| | | | | | | | | | (c) | paragraph 4(8) or 8(10) of |
| | | | | Schedule 3 to the Parliamentary |
| | | | | | | | | | Constituencies Act 2010.” |
| | | | | In paragraph (3), for sub-paragraph (a) |
| | | | | | | | | | “(a) | any agent attending proceedings |
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| Schedule 4, page 116, line 27, leave out ‘38’ and insert ‘39’. |
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| Schedule 4, page 116, line 37, leave out ‘37(1)’ and insert ‘37(4)’. |
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| Schedule 4, page 117, line 9, leave out ‘48’ and insert ‘49’. |
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| Schedule 4, page 124, line 17, leave out ‘(subject to sub-paragraph (4)(b))’. |
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| Schedule 4, page 124, line 21, leave out sub-paragraph (4). |
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| Schedule 4, page 128, line 43, at end insert— |
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