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27(1)Schedule 1 (the Electoral Commission) is amended as follows.
(2)In paragraph 3 (term of office etc of Electoral Commissioners)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (3) (circumstances in which Electoral Commissioner ceases to hold office), for “An Electoral Commissioner” there is substituted “Subject to sub-paragraph (3A), an Electoral Commissioner”;
(b)after that sub-paragraph there is inserted—
“(3A)Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (3) does not apply to a nominated Commissioner (within the meaning of section 3A).”
(3)In paragraph 7 (Assistant Electoral Commissioners), in sub-paragraph (2) (Assistant Electoral Commissioner must be eligible for appointment as Electoral Commissioner), for the words after “he is” there is substituted “prevented by section 3(4) (read without regard to section 3(4A)) from being appointed as an Electoral Commissioner”.
(4)In paragraph 11 (staff)—
(a)sub-paragraphs (2) and (4) (which are superseded by the provision made by section 7(2) above) are omitted;
(b)in sub-paragraph (3), for “sub-paragraph (4)” there is substituted “paragraph 11A(4)”.
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