The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) (Amendment) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/898
• Sections: 5

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

(2) In this Order, “the 1995 Order ” means the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) Order 1995 .

Section 2

After article 4 of the 1995 Order there shall be inserted the following article:

(4A) In the case of a county constituency listed in the left-hand column of Schedule 2A to this Order (being a constituency which is not coterminous with or wholly contained in a county, as defined by section 38 of the Sheriffs Act 1887 ), the returning officer for a parliamentary election shall be the sheriff of the county (as so defined) listed in the right-hand column of that Schedule opposite to the name of the constituency.

Section 3

In Schedule 1 to the 1995 Order (returning officers for certain borough constituencies outside Greater London), in the entry in the right-hand column opposite the name of the Kingswood constituency for “Kingswood” there shall be substituted “South Gloucestershire”.

Section 4

After Schedule 2 to the 1995 Order, there shall be inserted the following Schedule:

RETURNING OFFICERS FOR CERTAIN COUNTY CONSTITUENCIES

Section 5

Schedule 3 to the 1995 Order (acting returning officers for county constituencies) shall be amended by substituting for the district named in the right-hand column of that Schedule opposite to the name of any county constituency which—

(a) is listed in the left-hand column of that Schedule, and

(b) is also listed in the left-hand column of the table below,

the district named in the right-hand column of that table opposite the name of the county constituency in question.