HL Deb 29 July 1998 vol 592 c1516

21 Clause 9, page 6, leave out lines 8 to 11 and insert—

  1. ("(a) is included on the same list as the last person to occupy the vacant seat,
  2. (b) is willing to serve as an Assembly member for the Assembly electoral region, and
  3. (c) is not a person to whom subsection (3A) applies.

(3A) This subsection applies to a person if—

  1. (a) he is not a member of the party, and
  2. (b) the party gives notice to the regional returning officer that his name is not to be notified to the presiding officer as the name of the person who is to fill the vacancy.").

The Commons agreed to this amendment, with the following amendment—