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| | Clause 10, page 10, line 38, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | In relation to a report under section 3(1) of the 1986 Act that a Boundary |
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| | | Commission is required, by subsection (2) of section 3 of that Act as substituted |
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| | | by section 8(3) of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act, to |
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| | | submit before 1 October 2013— |
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| | | (a) | a Boundary Commission shall make information available via their |
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| | | website, and if they see fit by other means, on their proposed general |
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| | | approach to the application of Schedule 2 to the 1986 Act, |
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| | | (b) | representations with respect to this proposed general approach may be |
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| | | made to the Commission during a specified period of eight weeks, and |
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| | | (c) | the Commission shall take into consideration any such representations |
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| | | duly made prior to the provisional determination of any |
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| | | recommendations affecting any constituency. |
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| | | ( ) | A Boundary Commission’s “proposed general approach” shall include but need |
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| | | (a) | the processes by which they intend to seek to ensure the application of |
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| | | rule 2, and in the case of the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland |
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| | | of rule 7, including the circumstances in which they will consider |
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| | | recommending that wards, electoral areas and divisions should be |
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| | | divided between two or more constituencies, and the information on |
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| | | which they intend to rely in determining how to carry out such a division, |
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| | | (b) | the extent to which they intend to take into account each of the factors |
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| | | described in rule 5(1), and in the case of the Boundary Commission for |
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| | Clause 10, page 10, leave out from line 39 to line 5 on page 11, and insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | Where a Boundary Commission have provisionally determined to make |
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| | | recommendations affecting any constituency— |
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| | | (a) | they shall take such steps as they see fit to inform people in the |
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| | | constituency of the effect of the proposed recommendations and that a |
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| | | copy of the recommendations is open to inspection at a specified place |
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| | | (b) | they shall make available via their website, and if they see fit by other |
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| | | means, copies of their proposed recommendations and information on |
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| | | their effect, together with such information as they have on the number |
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| | | of the electorate in every sub-division of every ward, electoral division |
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| | | and electoral area in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, and |
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| | | (c) | representations with respect to the proposed recommendations may be |
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| | | made to the Commission by people whether in or outside any given |
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| | | constituency during a specified period of 12 weeks, and the Commission |
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| | | shall take into consideration any such representations duly made.’. |
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| | Clause 10, page 11, line 6, after ‘(2)’, insert ‘Subject to subsection (2A) below’. |
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| | Clause 10, page 11, leave out lines 6 to 12 and insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | A Boundary Commission may cause a local inquiry to be held for the purposes of |
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| | | a report under this Act where, on publication of a recommendation of a Boudary |
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| | | Commission for the alteration of any constituency, the Commission receive any |
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| | | representation objecting to the proposed recommendation from an interested |
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| | | authority or from a body of electors numbering one hundred or more. |
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| | | (1B) | Where a local inquiry was held in respect of the constituencies before the |
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| | | publication of the notice mentioned in subsection (1) above, that subsection shall |
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| | | not apply if the Commission, after considering the matters discussed at the local |
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| | | inquiry, the nature of the representations received on the publication of the notice |
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| | | and any other relevant circumstances, are of opinion that a further inquiry would |
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| | | (1C) | In subsection (1A) above, “interested authority” and “elector” respectively mean, |
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| | | in relation to any recommendation, a local authority whose area is wholly or |
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| | | partly comprised in the constituencies affected by the recommendation, and a |
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| | | parliamentary elector for any of those constiuencies.’. |
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| | Clause 10, page 11, line 7, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | The Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland shall cause a public inquiry to |
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| | | be held for the purposes of a report under this Act covering the whole of Northern |
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| | | Ireland, where any representation objecting to a report has been received from the |
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| | | council of a district in Northern Ireland or from a body of parliamentary electors |
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| | | in Northern Ireland numbering one hundred or more from two or more |
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| | | Clause Agreed to on division. |
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| | The Deputy Prime Minister |
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| | Clause 11, page 11, line 30, leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’. |
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| | The Deputy Prime Minister |
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| | Clause 11, page 11, line 34, leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’. |
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| | The Deputy Prime Minister |
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| | Clause 11, page 11, line 35, leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’. |
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| | The Deputy Prime Minister |
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| | Clause 11, page 11, line 40, leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’. |
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| | The Deputy Prime 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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| | | Clause, as amended, Agreed to on division. |
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| | | Clauses 12 and 13 Agreed to. |
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| | Schedule 7, page 152, leave lines 10 to 27. |
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| | | Clauses 14 and 15 Agreed to. |
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| | Clause 16, page 13, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | Part 2 of this Act shall come into force if more votes are cast in the referendum |
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| | | under Part 1 of the Act in favour of the answer “Yes” than in favour of the answer |
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| | Clause 16, page 13, line 5, at end insert ‘with the exception of Part 2, which will not |
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| | | (a) | after the referendum on the determination of powers devolved to the |
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| | | National Assembly for Wales under the terms of the Government of |
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| | | (b) | the Electoral Commission has reported to the House of Commons, that |
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| | | over 95% of eligible voters in each local authority area are estimated to |
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| | | be on the electoral register.’. |
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