§ Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
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Resolved,
That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Representation of the People Bill (`the Act'), it is expedient to authorise—
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- (a) the charging on and payment out of the Consolidated Fund of—
- (i) any expenses of any returning officer for an election of parish or community councillors which are attributable to the postponement of the election under the Act; and
- (ii) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums charged on and paid out of that Fund under any other Act;
- (b) the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—
- (i) any administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary of State by virtue of the Act; and
- (ii) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other Act.—[Mr. Lennox-Boyd.]