UNITED KINGDOM STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
2000 No. 208
LONDON GOVERNMENT
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
The Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2000
Made 1st February 2000
Laid before Parliament 8th February 2000
Coming into force 29th February 2000
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 36(2), (2A) and (2B) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules:
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Citation and commencementCitation and commencement
1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2000.
(2) These Rules shall come into force on 29th February 2000.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Rules—
“the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983;
“the 1986 Rules” means the Local Elections (Principal Areas) Rules 1986;
“the Constituency Members Election Rules” means the Rules in Schedule 1;
“the London Members Election Rules” means the Rules in Schedule 2;
“the Mayoral Election Rules” means the Rules in Schedule 3;
“the Ordinary Elections Rules” means the Rules in Schedule 4;
“GLA election” means an election held under one or more of—
(a) the Constituency Members Election Rules;
(b) the London Members Election Rules;
(c) the Mayoral Election Rules; and
(d) the Ordinary Elections Rules.
(2) Other expressions used both in any of rules 3 to 8 of these Rules and in Part I (the Greater London Authority) of the 1999 Act have the same meaning in those rules as they have in that Part.
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Rules for Greater London Authority electionsRules for Greater London Authority elections
3.—(1) The Constituency Members Election Rules shall have effect for the purposes of the election of constituency members of the London Assembly (whether at an ordinary election or in the circumstances mentioned in section 10 (filling a vacancy in an Assembly constituency) of the 1999 Act); but where the election is an ordinary election, those Rules shall have effect subject to the Ordinary Elections Rules.
(2) The London Members Election Rules, with the exception of Part VII, shall have effect for the purposes of the allocation of seats for London members of the London Assembly at any ordinary election; and Part VII of those Rules shall have effect for the purposes of section 11 (filling a vacancy among the London members) of the 1999 Act; but where the election is an ordinary election, those Rules shall have effect subject to the Ordinary Elections Rules.
(3) The Mayoral Election Rules shall have effect for the purposes of—
(a)
(a) the election of the Mayor of London; and
(b)
(b) any election under subsection (2) of section 16 (filling a vacancy in the office of Mayor) of the 1999 Act,
but where the election is an ordinary election, those Rules shall have effect subject to the Ordinary Elections Rules.
Forms
4. Schedule 5 (forms) shall have effect for the purposes of the Constituency Members Election Rules, the London Members Election Rules and the Mayoral Election Rules (including, where the election is an ordinary election, those Rules as read with the Ordinary Elections Rules).
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Returning officers: duties at ordinary electionsReturning officers: duties at ordinary elections
5.—(1) At the first ordinary election it shall be the duty—
(a)
(a) of the person, or person of the description, designated by order under subsection (4) of section 3 (ordinary elections) of the 1999 Act as the returning officer at the election of the Mayor and the election of the London members; and
(b)
(b) constituency returning officers,
to co-operate with each other in the discharge of their functions.
(2) At any other ordinary election it shall be the duty of returning officers at that electionto co-operate with each other in the discharge of their functions.
(3) Where, at an ordinary election, a poll is to be taken—
(a)
(a) for the return of the London members; or
(b)
(b) for the return of the Mayor,
it shall be the duty of constituency returning officers to take, and verify the ballot papers at, the poll (or each poll if both are to be taken) and to count the votes cast in that poll (or each poll, if both are to be taken).
(4) Without prejudice to paragraphs (1) and (2)—
(a)
(a) at the first ordinary election, the person referred to in paragraph (1)(a) may give to constituency returning officers; and
(b)
(b) at any other ordinary election, the Greater London returning officermay give to constituency returning officers,
directions relating to the discharge of their functions in respect of the verification of ballot papers and the counting of votes at that election.
(5) It shall be the duty of each person to whom directions are given under paragraph (4) to discharge his functions at the election in accordance with the directions.
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Electronic counting of votesElectronic counting of votes
6.—(1) Where some or all of the votes cast at an ordinary election or an election under subsection (2) of section 16 (filling a vacancy in the office of Mayor) of the Act are to be counted by electronic means, the Constituency Members Election Rules, the London Members Election Rules and the Mayoral Election Rules shall have effect subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 6.
(2) In any case to which paragraph (1) applies, rule 5 of these Rules shall have effect as if any reference to the counting of votes, in whatever terms, included a reference to counting by electronic means.
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Amendment of the Local Elections (Principal Areas) Rules 1986Amendment of the Local Elections (Principal Areas) Rules 1986
7. The 1986 Rules are amended, in paragraph 14 of Schedule 4, in the inserted paragraph (1A) of rule 37, by the insertion, after “as the case may be,”, of “an election under the Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2000,”.
Combination of polls
8.—(1) Where the poll at an election of a councillor of the council of a London borough is taken together with the poll at a GLA election, the 1986 Rules shall have effect subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 7 to these Rules.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where the poll at a GLA election is taken together with the poll at a parliamentary or European Parliamentary election, or at an election of a councillor of the council of a London borough, Schedules 1, 2 and 3 shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in the Table in Schedule 8 (in addition to the modifications specified in Schedule 4, in any case where the election is an ordinary election, and the modifications specified in Schedule 6, in any case where votes are to be counted by electronic means).
(3) The first modification in the Table in Schedule 8 applies only where the poll at a GLA election is taken together with the poll at a parliamentary or European Parliamentary election.
(4) Where the poll at a GLA election is combined as mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2)—
(a)
(a) the ballot papers to be used at each election shall be of a different colour; and
(b)
(b) a separate ballot box shall be used for each election.
Keith Hill
Parliamentary under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
1st February 2000
SCHEDULE 1
Rule 3(1)
THE CONSTITUENCY MEMBERS ELECTION RULES
PART I
General Provisions
1. Citation
These Rules may be cited as the Constituency Members Election Rules.
2. Interpretation
(1) In these Rules, unless the context indicates otherwise—
“the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983;
“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;
“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;
“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)—
(a) 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;
(b) in relation to any other election, means the proper officer of the Greater London Authority.
(2) References in these Rules—
(a)
(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; and
(b)
(b) to the GLRO include references to any person appointed by him under that subsection.
PART II
Provisions As To Time
3. Timetable
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the proceedings at the election shall be conducted in accordance with the following Timetable:
Proceeding |
Time |
Publication of notice of election |
Not later than the twenty-fifth day before the day of election |
Delivery of nomination papers |
Not later than noon on the nineteenth day before the day of election |
Publication of statement as to persons nominated |
Not later than noon on the seventeenth day before the day of election |
Delivery of notices of withdrawal of candidature |
Not later than noon on the sixteenth day before the day of election |
Notice of poll |
Not later than the sixth day before the day of election |
Polling |
Between the hours of 8 in the morning and 9 at night on the day of election. |
(2) At the first ordinary election, the time for polling shall be...
