Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill – in the House of Commons at 11:00 pm on 18 October 2010.
Amendments made: 178, page 93, line 28, leave out '(subject to sub-paragraph (4)(b))'.
Amendment 179, page 93, line 32, leave out sub-paragraphs (4) and (5).
Amendment 180, page 94, leave out lines 7 to 27.
Amendment 181, page 94, line 38, leave out 'for "this Part" substitute' and insert 'after "this Part" insert'.
Amendment 182, 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."'. |
Amendment 183, page 100, line 17, leave out '1(5)' and insert '1B'.
Amendment 306, page 100, line 24, leave out from beginning to the end of line 11 on page 101.
Amendment 307, page 101, line 31, leave out from 'a' to end of line 41 and insert
'counting officer or Regional Counting Officer under paragraph 2A of Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2010,'.
Amendment 308, page 104, line 9, leave out 'once' insert 'in one box'.
Amendment 184, page 104, line 16, at end insert-
| '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".'. |
Amendment 185, 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.'.
Amendment 309, page 104, leave out line 31 and insert-
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