London County Council and Metropolitan Borough Councils Election Forms Regulations, 1951
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1951/265 |
| Year | 1951 |
1951 No. 265
The London County Council and Metropolitan Borough Councils Election Forms Regulations, 195116thFebruary 1951
1stApril 1951
In pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by rules 4, 5 and 10 of the local elections rules in the Second Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1949(a), and by section thirty-six of the London Government Act, 1939(b), I hereby make the following Regulations prescribing forms for use at elections of London county councillors and metropolitan borough councillors and the form for the declaration of acceptance of office to be made by the chairman of the county council, a county alderman or a county councillor for the County of London, and by the mayor, an alderman or a councillor of a metropolitan borough.
1. At an election of London county councillors the forms in the First Schedule hereto, or forms to the like effect, shall be used with such modifications as circumstances require.
2. At an election of councillors of a metropolitan borough the forms in the Second Schedule hereto, or forms to the like effect, shall be used, with such modifications as circumstances require.
(a) 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68.
(b) 2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 40.
3. The declaration of acceptance of office by the chairman of the county council, a county alderman or a county councillor for the County of London and by the mayor, an alderman or a councillor of a metropolitan borough shall be in the form in the Third Schedule hereto, or in a form to the like effect.
4.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the London County Council and Metropolitan Borough Councils Election Forms Regulations, 1951.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of April, 1951.
(3) The London County Council and Metropolitan Borough Councils Election Forms Regulations, 1949(a), are hereby revoked.
J. Chuter Ede, One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
Home Office, Whitehall.
16th February, 1951.
Regulation 1.
FIRST SCHEDULE
Forms for use at an election of London county councillors
FORM A
NOTICE OF ELECTION
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF LONDON
ELECTION OF COUNTY COUNCILLORS for the Electoral Division.
1. An election is to be held of County Councillors for the said electoral division.
2. Nomination papers must be delivered at on any day after the date of this notice, but not later than noon on the day of .
3. Forms of nomination paper may be obtained from the returning officer at . The returning officer will, at the request of any elector for the said electoral division, prepare for signature a nomination paper.
4. If the election is contested, the poll will take place on the day of .
(Signed) … ..
Returning Officer.
day of , 19 .
Note 1.—The attention of candidates and electors is drawn to the rules for filling up nomination papers and other provisions relating to nomination contained in the local elections rules in the Second Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1949.
Note 2.—Every person guilty of a corrupt or...
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