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Interpretation: local government provisions |
| | 39. - (1) Section 203 (local government provisions as to England and Wales) shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In subsection (1), the following definitions shall be inserted at the appropriate places-
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""the 1999 Act" means the Greater London Authority Act 1999;"; |
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""Assembly constituency" has the same meaning as in the 1999 Act (see section 2(4) and (5) of that Act);"; |
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""Authority election" means- |
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(a) any election of the Mayor of London;
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(b) any election of a constituency member of the London Assembly; or
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(c) the election of the London members of the London Assembly at an ordinary election;";
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""constituency member", in relation to the London Assembly, has the same meaning as in the 1999 Act;"; |
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""election of a constituency member of the London Assembly" means- |
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(a) any such election at an ordinary election; or
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(b) an election under section 10 of the 1999 Act (election to fill a vacancy in an Assembly constituency);"
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""election of the Mayor of London" means- |
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(a) any such election at an ordinary election; or
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(b) an election under section 16 of the 1999 Act (election to fill a vacancy in the office of Mayor of London);";
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""London member", in relation to the London Assembly, has the same meaning as in the 1999 Act;". |
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(3) In subsection (1), in the definition of "electoral area", after "means" there shall be inserted "(a)" and at the end of the definition there shall be added-
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"(b) Greater London, in the case of-
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(i) any election of the Mayor of London; or
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(ii) the election of the London members of the London Assembly at an ordinary election;
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(c) any Assembly constituency for which the election of a constituency member of the London Assembly is held;".
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(4) In subsection (1)-
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(a) in the definition of "local authority", after "means" there shall be inserted "the Greater London Authority,"; |
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(b) in the definition of "local government area", after "means" there shall be inserted "Greater London,"; |
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(c) in the definition of "local government election", after "means" there shall be inserted "(a)" and at the end of the definition there shall be added "; or |
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(b) any Authority election".
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(5) After subsection (1) there shall be inserted-
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"(1A) In the application of this Act in relation to England and Wales, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to-
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(a) a local government election, or |
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(b) an election under the local government Act, |
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shall be taken to include a reference to an Authority election.
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(1B) Any reference in this Act to a registered political party submitting a list of candidates to be London members of the London Assembly at an ordinary election shall be construed in accordance with section 4(5)(a) of, and Part II of Schedule 2 to, the 1999 Act; and related expressions shall be construed accordingly."
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(6) For subsection (2) (application of Part I in relation to the City and parliamentary elections) there shall be substituted-
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"(2) The following provisions of this Act, namely-
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(a) Part I, so far as it has effect for the purposes of parliamentary elections, and |
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(b) Parts I to III, so far as they have effect for the purposes of Authority elections, |
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shall (subject to any express provision contained in the Part or Parts in question) apply in relation to the City as if the City were a London borough and the Common Council were a London borough council.
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For the purposes of this subsection the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple shall be treated as forming part of the City."
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