(1) This Order may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) (England and Wales) Order 1994.
(2) This Order shall come into force at the first general election of representatives to the European Parliament held after section 1 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993 comes into force, except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to that election this Order shall come into force when the said section 1 comes into force.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) above, section 1 of the said Act of 1993 shall not be regarded as having come into force until it has come into force for all purposes or all remaining purposes, as the case may be.
(4) In this Order, a reference to a parliamentary constituency or to a European Parliamentary constituency is a reference to such a constituency as it is for the time being.