HC Deb 15 June 1948 vol 452 c394

Amendments made: In page 181, line 14, after "authority," insert: and any such contribution shall be paid in the like manner.

In page 182, line 18, at end, insert: (3) In England and Wales, in section two hundred and ninety-five of the local elections Act (which relates to the computation of time for the purposes of that Act) any reference to that Act shall be construed as including a reference to Part IV of this Act.

In line 36, leave out from second "for," to end of line 38, and insert: the words 'City of London' where they first occur there shall be substituted the words 'a constituency where the sheriffs of the City of London or either of them are or is returning officer.'

In line 38, at end, insert: (4) A notice given (whether before or after the passing of this Act) for the purposes of the proviso to subsection (1) of the said section twenty-seven (which enables a sheriff, mayor or other officer who is returning officer to require the writ to be conveyed to the acting returning officer) shall have effect in relation to all constituencies of which the person giving it is or was returning officer at the time of giving it or of which he or a successor in office becomes returning officer by virtue of that office.

In line 38, at end, insert: 3. So much of section five of the local Act of the twelth and thirteenth years of Queen Victoria, chapter ninety-four, as requires registration as a Parliamentary elector as part of the qualification under that section for election to the common council of the City of London shall cease to have effect."—[Mr. Younger.]