SCHEDULE 17 Amendments Relating to Election Petitions
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (2000 c 41) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 17 Amendments Relating to Election Petitions

Section 137

Preliminary

1

The Representation of the People Act 1983 shall be amended as follows.

Local election petitions

2

In section 130 (election court for election in England and Wales and place of trial), in subsection (2)(b) (disqualification of persons to constitute election court) for the words from “area†onwards substitute “area in which he resides.â€

Procedure on all election petitions

3

(1)     For section 137 there shall be substituted—

“137 Petition at issue

(1)     The petition shall be at issue as from the relevant time, as defined by subsection (2) below.

(2)     In this section “the relevant time†means—

(a)     where the petitioner gives the security for costs required by section 136 above by a deposit of money equal to the amount of the security so required, the time when the security is so given; and

(b)     in any other case, the time when—

(i)     the time prescribed for the making of objections under section 136(4) above expires, or

(ii)     if such an objection is made, that objection is disallowed or removed,

whichever happens later.â€

(2)     The amendment made by sub-paragraph

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