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Notices of Amendments: 16 September 2010                

187

 

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

Hywel Williams

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Mr Jonathan Edwards

 

151

 

Clause  9,  page  9,  line  38,  after ‘Scotland’, insert ‘and of Wales’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Nick Smith

 

Owen Smith

 

Chris Bryant

 

152

 

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

After subsection (1) there is inserted—

 

“(1A)    

Before commencing work on any report or review the Boundary

 

Commission for Wales must—

 

(a)    

consult such organisations and individuals as it sees fit to

 

determine the issues which should influence its decisions, and

 

(b)    

following consultation with the Secretary of State for Wales and

 

the Welsh Assembly Government, appoint three independent

 

persons to be known as the Wales Convention on Parliamentary

 

Representation, “the Convention”.

 

(1B)    

The duties and powers of the Convention shall be established by the

 

Secretary of State by regulations made by statutory instrument, and must

 

include—

 

(a)    

inviting representations from organisations and individuals,

 

(b)    

assessing these representations,

 

(c)    

holding meetings and public hearings, and

 

(d)    

publishing reports.

 

(1C)    

A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (1B) is

 

subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of

 

Parliament.”.’.

 

Iain Stewart

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

153

 

Schedule  2,  page  48,  line  29,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Iain Stewart

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

154

 

Schedule  2,  page  48,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

If the difference between the total number of votes cast in the referendum in the

 

country in favour of the answer “Yes” and the total number of votes cast in the

 

referendum in the country in favour of the answer “No” is fewer than 10,000 or

 

0.1 per cent. of the total number of votes cast, whichever is the smaller number,

 

the Chief Counting Officer must give a direction to regional counting officers to

 

have all the votes in their region re-counted.’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 16 September 2010                

188

 

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Hywel Williams

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

155

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  leave out line 6 and insert—

 

‘(2)    

 

(a)    

The Electoral Commission shall within two months of Royal Assent to

 

this Act specify the date on which the referendum is to be held.

 

(b)    

The specified date must be—

 

(i)    

within 18 months of the date of Royal Assent to this Act, and

 

(ii)    

a date on which no other election to a parliament or assembly in

 

the United Kingdom is to be held.

 

(c)    

The Minister must lay before Parliament the draft of an Order in Council

 

to give effect to the specified date.

 

(d)    

The draft of the Order in Council under paragraph (c) above shall not be

 

laid before Parliament until the specified date has been agreed by the

 

Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the National

 

Assembly for Wales.’.

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

156

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  19,  at end insert ‘; and

 

(c)    

British subjects of Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies who

 

have individually expressed a wish to participate in United Kingdom

 

Parliamentary elections.’.

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

157

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The Minister must, within one month of the day on which this Act is passed, by

 

Order made by statutory instrument provide for a system of prior registration of

 

those entitled to vote in the referendum under subsection (1)(d) above, and for

 

mechanisms by which their votes can be cast.’.

 

Overseas constituency

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

NC18

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The 1986 Act after section 1(1) there is inserted—

 

“(1A)    

There shall for the purposes of paraliamentary elections be a constituency

 

named the Overseas constituency, returning a single member, for British

 

subjects of Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies who have

 

expressed a wish to participate in United Kingdom parliamentary

 

elections.

 

(1B)    

A Boundary Commission may make a report under section 3 of this Act

 

(Reports of the Boundary Commissions) if in its view the number of

 

members to be elected from the Overseas constituency should increase,

 

in which case references in that section to “the part of the United

 

Kingdom” should be disregarded.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 16 September 2010                

189

 

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

(1C)    

If a Boundary Commission mades a report under subsection (1B) of this

 

Act, sections 3A (Reviews and proposed recommendations by Boundary

 

Commissions), 4 (Orders in Council) and 5 (Notices) of this Act apply to

 

that report.

 

(1D)    

Entitlement to vote in the Overseas constituency must be based on the

 

register prepared under section (2)(1A) of the Parliamentary Voting

 

System and Constituencies Act 2010.”.’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

158

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  13,  after ‘5(2)’ insert ‘or (6) or 6(3)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

159

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  16,  after ‘5(2)’ insert ‘or (6)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

160

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  29,  leave out ‘if for’ and insert ‘if—

 

(a)    

paragraph (d) of paragraph 2(1) were omitted, together with paragraph

 

2(3)(a), the words “the loan or” in paragraphs 2(3) and 5(4)(a), the words

 

“(d) or” in paragraph 5(4), and paragraph 5(4)(a)(i);

 

(b)    

for’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

161

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  8,  at end insert—

 

‘“enactment” includes—

 

(a)    

any provision of an Act,

 

(b)    

any provision of, or of any instrument made under, an Act of the

 

Scottish Parliament,

 

(c)    

any provision of, or of any instrument made under, Northern

 

Ireland legislation, and

 

(d)    

any provision of subordinate legislation (within the meaning of

 

the Interpretation Act 1978);’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

162

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  22,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In Article 3 of the Lord President of the Council Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1837)

 

(which makes certain functions of the Secretary of State exercisable concurrently

 

with the Lord President) the reference in paragraph (1) to the Parliamentary

 

Constituencies Act 1986 is to be read as a reference to that Act as amended by

 

this section.’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

163

 

Clause  11,  page  11,  line  30,  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

164

 

Clause  11,  page  11,  line  34,  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 16 September 2010                

190

 

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

165

 

Clause  11,  page  11,  line  35,  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

166

 

Clause  11,  page  11,  line  40,  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

167

 

Clause  11,  page  12,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In this section “the Minister” means the Lord President of the Council or the

 

Secretary of State.’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

168

 

Schedule  1,  page  15,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

directions requiring them to take specified steps in preparation for the

 

referendum;’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

169

 

Schedule  1,  page  15,  line  42,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

directions requiring them to take specified steps in preparation for the

 

referendum;’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

170

 

Schedule  2,  page  27,  line  33,  leave out ‘education’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

171

 

Schedule  2,  page  35,  line  3,  leave out paragraph (4).

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

172

 

Schedule  2,  page  46,  line  44,  leave out ‘election’ and insert ‘referendum’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

173

 

Schedule  3,  page  76,  line  14,  leave out sub-paragraph (9).

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

174

 

Schedule  3,  page  77,  line  47,  at end insert—

 

    ‘(9)  

The record kept under sub-paragraph (8) must be retained by the registration

 

officer for the period of twelve months beginning with the date of the poll for

 

the referendum.’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

175

 

Schedule  3,  page  83,  line  12,  at end insert—


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 16 September 2010                

191

 

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

  ‘(11)  

The record kept under sub-paragraph (10) must be retained by the registration

 

officer for the period of twelve months beginning with the date of the poll for

 

referendum.’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

176

 

Schedule  3,  page  83,  line  28,  leave out ‘(subject to any conditions prescribed by the

 

relevant regulations)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

177

 

Schedule  3,  page  85,  line  18,  leave out sub-paragraph (8).

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

178

 

Schedule  4,  page  93,  line  28,  leave out ‘(subject to sub-paragraph (4)(b))’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

179

 

Schedule  4,  page  93,  line  32,  leave out sub-paragraphs (4) and (5).

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

180

 

Schedule  4,  page  94,  leave out lines 7 to 27.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

181

 

Schedule  4,  page  94,  line  38,  leave out ‘for “this Part” substitute’ and insert ‘after

 

“this Part” insert’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

182

 

Schedule  4,  page  100,  leave out lines 4 and 5 and insert—

  

‘In subsection (4), for the words after “whatever means”

 
  

substitute—

 
  

    

“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

 
  

question in any region, voting area or other

 
  

area.”’.

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

183

 

Schedule  4,  page  100,  line  17,  leave out ‘1(5)’ and insert ‘1B’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

184

 

Schedule  4,  page  104,  line  16,  at end insert—


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 16 September 2010                

192

 

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
  

‘In subsection (7)—

 
  

(a)    

for “returning officer at a parliamentary election

 
  

or a local government election” substitute

 
  

“counting officer”;

 
  

(b)    

for “the election” substitute “the referendum”.

 
  

In subsection (9), for “returning officer” substitute

 
  

“counting officer”.’.

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

185

 

Schedule  4,  page  104,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘1A(1)  

In relation to England and Wales, section 13B of the 1983 Act has effect for

 

the purposes of the referendum as if a reference to an election to which that

 

section applies included a reference to the referendum.

 

      (2)  

In relation to Northern Ireland, section 13BA of the 1983 Act has effect for the

 

purposes of the referendum as if—

 

(a)    

a reference to an election to which that section applies included a

 

reference to the referendum,

 

(b)    

a reference to the final nomination day included a reference to the

 

eleventh day before the date of the poll for the referendum,

 

(c)    

a reference in subsection (4) to an election included a reference to the

 

referendum, and

 

(d)    

subsection (4)(b) referred also to the postal voters list or list of proxies

 

kept for the referendum under paragraph 16(2) or (3) of Schedule 3.

 

      (3)  

A reference in any enactment to section 13B or 13BA of the 1983 Act includes

 

(where the context allows) a reference to that section as modified by this

 

paragraph.

 

      (4)  

Sub-paragraph (3) has effect, in relation to any register, until the first

 

publication after the referendum of a revised version of the register under

 

section 13 of the 1983 Act.

 

1B         

In sections 173 and 173A of the 1983 Act (which relate to incapacities where

 

a person has been convicted of a corrupt or illegal practice) a reference to a

 

person convicted of a corrupt or illegal practice includes a reference to a person

 

convicted of such a practice under a provision of the 1983 Act applied by

 

paragraph 1.’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

186

 

Schedule  4,  page  105,  line  12,  leave out ‘(subject to sub-paragraph (4)(c), (d), (e)

 

and (g))’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

187

 

Schedule  4,  page  105,  line  16,  leave out sub-paragraph (4).

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

188

 

Schedule  4,  page  113,  leave out lines 12 to 24 and insert—


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 16 September 2010                

193

 

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
  

‘“(1)    

In this regulation “personal identifiers

 
  

record” means a record kept by a

 
  

registration officer in pursuance of—

 
  

(a)    

paragraph 3(9) or 7(12) of

 
  

Schedule 4 to the

 
  

Representation of the People

 
  

Act 2000 in relation to persons

 
  

entitled to vote in the

 
  

referendum,

 
  

(b)    

paragraph 3(9) or 7(13) of

 
  

Schedule 2 to the European

 
  

Parliamentary Elections

 
  

Regulations 2004 in relation to

 
  

peers entitled to vote in the

 
  

referendum, or

 
  

(c)    

paragraph 4(8) or 8(10) of

 
  

Schedule 3 to the Parliamentary

 
  

Voting System and

 
  

Constituencies Act 2010.”

 
  

In paragraph (3), for sub-paragraph (a)

 
  

substitute—

 
  

“(a)    

any agent attending proceedings

 
  

on receipt of postal ballot

 
  

papers, in accordance with

 
  

regulation 85A(4) or

 
  

85B(3)(a).”’.

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

189

 

Schedule  4,  page  116,  line  27,  leave out ‘38’ and insert ‘39’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

190

 

Schedule  4,  page  116,  line  37,  leave out ‘37(1)’ and insert ‘37(4)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

191

 

Schedule  4,  page  117,  line  9,  leave out ‘48’ and insert ‘49’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

192

 

Schedule  4,  page  124,  line  17,  leave out ‘(subject to sub-paragraph (4)(b))’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

193

 

Schedule  4,  page  124,  line  21,  leave out sub-paragraph (4).

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

194

 

Schedule  4,  page  128,  line  43,  at end insert—


 
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