1. These Rules may be cited as the Constituency Members Election Rules.
2.—(1) In these Rules, unless the context indicates otherwise—
“the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983(1);
“the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999;
“the appropriate form”, in relation to a particular rule, means the form set out in the Forms Schedule and indicated as applicable to that rule or, where more than one form is so set out, the form indicated as relevant to the particular case;
“constituency” means an Assembly constituency(2);
“constituency member” means a member for a constituency;
“CRO” (constituency returning officer), in relation to a constituency and an election means the person, or a person of the description, for the time being designated by order under section 35(2B) of the 1983 Act as the returning officer at the election of a constituency member for that constituency(3);
“election” means an election of a constituency member of the London Assembly;
“the Forms Schedule” means Schedule 5 to the Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2000;
“GLRO” (Greater London returning officer)—
in relation to the first ordinary election, means the person, or a person of the description, designated by order under section 3(4) of the 1999 Act as the returning officer at the elections of the Mayor and of the London members;
in relation to any other election, means the proper officer of the Greater London Authority(4).
(2) References in these Rules—
(a)to the CRO include references to any person appointed by him under subsection (4) of section 35 (returning officers: local elections in England and Wales) of the 1983 Act(5); and
(b)to the GLRO include references to any person appointed by him under that subsection.
1983 c. 2. Relevant amendments are made by Schedule 3 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29).
See S.I. 1999/3380.
Section 35(2B) was inserted by the Greater London Authority Act 1999, Schedule 3, paragraph 3.
See the definitions of “proper officer” in section 202 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as substituted by the Greater London Authority Act 1999, Schedule 3, paragraph 38, and in section 412(1) of the latter Act. See also the definition of “Greater London returning officer” in section 29 of the latter Act.
Relevant amendments are made by the Greater London Authority Act 1999, Schedule 3, paragraph 3.