HC Deb 31 March 1983 vol 40 c270W
Dr. Edmund Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to make an order in accordance with section 40(1)(c) of the Local Government Act 1972 to designate returning officers for new parliamentary constituencies in England and Wales.

Mr. Mayhew

Section 40(1)(c) of the Local Government Act 1972 is consolidated by section 24(1)(c) of the Representation of the People Act 1983. My right hon. Friend made an order under this and other provisions on 24 March: The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England and Wales) Order 1983, S1 1983 No. 468.

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