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Electoral Law Act
(Northern Ireland) 1968

1968. Chapter 20

An Act to abolish the university constituency for the purposes of elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland; to create four new constituencies and alter the areas of other constituencies; to abolish the occupation of business premises as a qualification for electors at such elections; to enable the age at which persons qualify to be registered as parliamentary electors to be altered; to establish a permanent Boundary Commission and to provide for the review of the distribution of seats at such elections; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid or any of them.
[28th November 1968]

BE it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, and the Senate and the House of Commons of Northern Ireland in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

1.	The Queen's University of Belfast shall cease to be a constituency returning members to the House of Commons.			Abolition of university constituency.


2.	(1) In addition to the constituencies specified in Schedule 2 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (in this Act referred to as "the principal Act") there shall be four new constituencies to be known as the constituencies of Larkfield, Newtownabbey, Bangor and Lagan Valley, and each of those constituencies shall consist of the area specified opposite the name of that constituency in the second column of Part III of that Schedule as amended by Schedule I to this Act.			Creation of four new constituencies, and alteration of existing constituencies.

	(2) The areas of the following constituencies, namely,-
	(a) Antrim; (b) Bann Side; (c) Carrick; (d) South Antrim; (e) Mid Down; and (f) North Down;
	shall be amended and each of those constituencies shall consist of the area specified opposite the name of that constituency in the second column of Part III of Schedule 2 to the principal Act as amended by Schedule 1 to this Act.

	(3) In paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the principal Act, for the words "the first day of April nineteen hundred and sixty-one" there shall be substituted "1st April 1968".


3.	The occupation of business premises shall cease to be a qualification for electors at parliamentary elections and accordingly the principal Act shall be amended in the manner provided by Schedule 2.			Abolition of occupation of business premises

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4.	(1) Sections 1, 2 and 3 and Schedules 1, 2 and 4 shall come into force for the purposes of the first general election after the passing of this Act and shall not affect-			qualification for parliamentary electors.
	(a)		the constitution of the House of Commons in the Parliament in being at the passing of this Act; or
	(b)		the right of any person, by virtue of a business premises qualification, to vote at an election of a member to serve in that Parliament; or
	(c)		the right of any person to vote at an election of a member to serve for a university constituency in that Parliament or the conduct of any such election (including the manner of voting thereat).

	(2) The electoral officer for each county and for the county borough of Belfast shall make such amendments of the register of parliamentary electors for the county or county borough for which he is electoral officer as are necessary to give effect to section 3 and the electoral officers for the counties of Antrim and Down shall each make such re-arrangement or adaptation of the register of parliamentary electors for the county for which he is electoral officer as may be necessary to give effect to section 2 and Schedule 1.

	(3) The Minister of Home Affairs may by order make provision for any other matters which appear to him to be incidental 'to or consequential on the provisions of sections 1 to 3 and Schedule 1.


5.	After section 126 of the principal Act there shall be inserted the following section:
		126A. The age specified in paragraph (b) of Part I of Schedule 1 as the age at which persons become qualified to be registered as parliamentary electors may be altered by Order in Council to an age below twenty-one; but the Governor shall not be advised to make any such Order unless a draft thereof has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament."		Power to alter age at which persons qualify to be registered as parliamentary electors.


6.	After section 10 of the principal Act there shall be inserted the following sections:-			Review of distribution of seats at parliamentary elections.

		"PART IIA
		REVIEW OF DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS AT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

	l0A.	(1) For the purpose of the continuous review of the distribution of seats at elections to the House of Commons, there shall be a permanent Boundary Commission (in this Act referred to as "the Commission").	Establishment of permanent boundary commission.

		(2) The Commission shall be constituted in accordance with the provisions of Part V of Schedule 2, an assistant commissioner and other officers shall be appointed and their expenses shall be defrayed in accordance with the provisions of that Part and the procedure of the Commission shall be regulated in accordance with that Part.

	10B.	(1) The Commission shall keep under review the representation in the House of Commons and shall, in accordance with subsection (2), submit to the Minister reports either-	Periodic reports of Commission as to redistribution.
		(a) showing the alterations which, in order to give effect to the rules set out in Part VI of Schedule 2, they recommend in the boundaries of the constituencies into which Northern Ireland is divided for the purpose of elections to the House of Commons; or
		(b) stating that, in the opinion of the Commission, no alteration is required to be made in order to give effect to the said rules.

		(2) Reports under subsection (1) shall be submitted by the Commission-
		(a) in the case of the first report, not less than five nor more than ten years from the date of the passing of this Act; and
		(b) in the case of the second or any subsequent report, not less than ten nor more than fifteen years from the date of the previous report.

		(3) The Commission may also from time to time submit to the Minister reports with respect to the area comprised in any particular constituency or constituencies showing the constituencies into which it recommends that that area should be divided in order to give effect to the rules set out in Part VI of Schedule 2.

		(4) Where the Commission intends to consider making a report under this Act, it shall, by notice in writing, inform the Minister accordingly and shall publish a copy of the notice in the Belfast Gazette.

		(5) As soon as may be after the Commission has submitted a report to the Minister under this Act, the Minister shall lay the report before both Houses of Parliament together, except where the report states that no alteration is required to be made, with a draft Order in Council for giving effect, whether with or without modification, to the recommendations contained in the report.

		(6) The Commission in preparing any report for submission to the Minister under subsection (1) or (3), and the Minister in preparing any draft Order in Council for laying under subsection (5), shall have due regard to the population of the constituencies.

	10C.	(1) A report of the Commission under section 10B showing the constituencies into which it recommends that any area should be divided shall state, as respects each constituency, the name by which it recommends that it should be known and whether it recommends that it should be a borough constituency or a county constituency.	General provisions as to reports and Orders in Council.

		(2) The draft of any Order in Council laid before Parliament by the Minister under this Act for giving effect, whether with or without modifications, to the recommendations contained in the report of the Commission may make provision for any matters which appear to the Minister to be incidental thereto or consequential thereon.

		(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), the draft Order in Council may make provision for such re-arrangement or adaptation of registers of parliamentary electors and of polling station schemes as may be necessary to give effect to the Order in Council and may amend the date specified in paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 2.	Amendment of the principal Act consequent on section 6 of this Act.

		(4) Where any such draft gives effect to any such recommendations with modifications, the Minister shall lay before both Houses of Parliament, together with the draft, a statement of the reasons for the modifications.

		(5) Any such draft Order in Council shall not be submitted to the Governor in Council unless and until it has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

		(6) Where the draft of an Order in Council is submitted to the Governor in Council under this Act, the Governor in Council may make an Order in terms of the draft which shall come into force on such date as may be specified therein arid shall have eflect notwithstanding anything in any enactment but the coming into force of any such Order shall not affect any parliamentary election until a proclamation is issued by the Governor summoning a new Parliament, or affect the constitution of the House of Commons until the dissolution of the Parliament then in being.

		(7) The validity of any Order in Council purporting to be made under this Act and reciting that a draft thereof has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament shall not be called in question in any legal proceedings whatsoever."

	(2) After Part IV of Schedule 2 to the principal Act there shall be inserted the Parts specified in Schedule 3 to this Act.

7.	(1) For subsections (3) and (4) of section 15 of the principal Act there shall be substituted the following subsections:-
		"(3) The returning officer for a parliamentary election shall be- (a) in the case of a constituency which is coterminous with or wholly contained in, or regarded by virtue of section 28 (2) as being wholly contained in, one county, the electoral officer for that county; (b) in the ease of a constituency which is wholly contained in the county borough of Belfast, the electoral officer for that county borough; (c) in any other case, such electoral officer as may be designated by the Minister of Home Affairs.
		(4) The electoral officer for a county shall be the returning officer for elections to the council of that county and the electoral officer for the county borough of Belfast shall be the returning officer for elections to the council of that county borough."

	(2) In paragraph (b) of section 63 of the principal Act (offices of returning officers at parliamentary elections) for the words "the county containing" there shall be substituted the words "a county in which that constituency is wholly or partly situate" and for the words "that county" there shall be substituted the words "such a county".

	(3) In paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the principal Act (place of trial of election petition), in paragraph (b), for the words from ''the county'' to the end there shall be substituted the words ''a county in which the constituency is wholly or partly situate".


8.	The provisions of the principal Act specified in Schedule 4 are hereby repealed.		Repeals.


9.	(1) This Act may be cited as the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 and shall be construed as one with the principal Act and that Act and this Act may be cited together as the Electoral Law Acts (Northern Ireland) 1962 and 1968.		Short title, construction, citation and interpretation.

	(2) In this Act the expression "the principal Act" means the Eledoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962.

	SCHEDULE 1
	AMENDMENTS OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT	Section 2.

1.	Schedule 2 to the principal Act shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Schedule.

2.	In Part III, for the entries relating to Antrim, Bann Side and Carrick there shall be substituted the following entries:-

"ANTRIM The part of the Rural District of ANTRIM which consists of the district electoral divisions of ANTRIM RURAL, ANTRIM URBAN, BALLYCLARE RURAL, BALLYDUFF, BALLYNADRENTAGH, BALLYROBIN, CARNTALL, CRAIGAROGAN, CRUMLIN, DONEGORE, DUNADRY, DUNDESERT, KILBRIDE, MUCKAMORE, SEACASH and TEMPLEPATRICK.

The part of the Rural District of LISBURN which consists of the district electoral divisions of DERRYAGHY, GLENAVY, SUFFOLK and TULLYRUSIC.

BANN SIDE The part of the Rural District of ANTRIM which consists of the district electoral divisions of CARGIN, CONNOR, CRANFIELD, RANDALSTOWN RURAL, RANDALSTOWN URBAN, SHARVOGUES and SHILVODAN.

The part of the Rural District of BALLYMENA which consists of the district electoral divisions of AHOGHILL, BALLYcONNELLY, BALLYSCULLION, CLOGHOGUE, DRUMANAWAY, DUNMINNING, GALGORM, GLENBUcK, KELLS, LISNAGARRAN, PORTGLENONE, TOOME and TULLAGHGARLEY.

The part of the Rural District of BALLYMONEY which consists of the district electoral divisions of DIRRAW, DUNLOY, ENAGH, KILLAGAN, KILLOQUIN LOWER, KILLOQUIN UPPER and THE VOW.

CARRICK The part of the Rural District of ANTRIM which consists of the district electoral division of COGGREY.

The part of the Rural District of LARNE which consists of the district electoral divisions of BALLYNURE, CARRICKFERGUS RURAL, EDEN and MIDDLE DIVISION.

The Borough of CARRICKFERGUS, the Urban District of BALLYCLARE and the part of the Urban District of NEWTOWNABBEY which consists of the wards of JORDANSTOWN and WHITEABBEY.

LARKFIELD The part of the Rural District of LISBURN which consists of the district electoral divisions of ANDERSONSTOWN, ARDMORE, BALLYGAMMON, DUNMURRY, FINAGHY, LADYBROOK and UPPER MALONE."

3.	In Part III, after the entry relating to Mid Antrim there shall be inserted the following entry:-

"NEWTOWNABBEY The part of the Urban District of NEWTOWN ABBEY which consists of the wards of CARNMONEY, CAVEHILL, GLENGORMLEY, WHITEHOUSE and WHITEWELL."

4.	In Part III, for the entry relating to South Antrim there shall be

"SOUTH ANTRIM The part of the Rural District of LISBURN which consists of the district electoral divisions of AGHALEE, BALLINDERRY, BALLYSCOLLY, ISLAND KELLY, LAMBEG, LISNAGARVY, LISSUE, MAGHERA GALL, MAGHERAMESK and MONTIAGHS.

The Borough of LISBURN."

5.	In Part III, after the entry relating to Ards there shall be inserted the following entry:-

"BANGOR The part of the Rural District of NORTH DOWN which consists of the district electoral division of GROOMSPORT.

The Borough of BANGOR."

6.	In Part III, after the entry relating to Iveagh there shall be inserted the following entry:-

"LAGAN VALLEY The part of the Rural District of CASTLEREAGH which consists of the district electoral division of BALLYMACONAGHY.

The part of the Rural District of HILLSBOROUGH which consists of the district electoral divisions of BALLYMACBRENNAN, BALLYSKEAGH, BLARIS, BREDA, CARRYDUFF, DRUMBO, EDENDERRY and OULEY."

7.	In Part III, for the entry relating to Mid Down there shall be substituted the following entry:-

"MID DOWN The part of the Rural District of CASTLEREAGH which consists of the district electoral divisions of CASTLEREAGH and GILNAHIRK.

The part of the Rural District of NORTH DOWN which consists of the district electoral divisions of BALLYGOWAN, BALLYMAGLAFF, COMBER, KILMOOD and MONEYREAGH."

8.	In Part III, for the entry relating to North Down there shall be substituted the following entry:-

"NORTH DOWN The part of the Rural District of CASTLEREAGH which consists of the district electoral divisions ofBALLYCULTRA, BALLYHACKAMORE, BALLYMISCAW, CRAIGAVAD, DUNDONALD and HOLY WOOD RURAL.

The part of the Rural District of NORTH DOWN which consists of the district electoral divisions of CRAWFORDSBURN and NEWTOWNARDS SOUTH.
The Urban District of HOLYWOOD."

	SCHEDULE 2 AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT CONSEQUENT ON SECTION 3 OF THIS ACT

In section 6-
	in subsection (1), for the words "business premises" where they first occur there shall be substituted the words "land or premises other than a dwelling-house", for the word "parliamentary" there shall be substituted the word "local" and for the words "business premises qualification" there shall be substituted the words "general occupiers qualification".
	Subsection (2) shall cease to have effect.
	In subsection (3), the words "or subsection (2)" shall cease to have effect.

In section 7 (1) the definition of "business premises" shall cease to have effect.

In section 29-
	in subsection (1) (a) after the word "registered" there shall be inserted the words "as a parliamentary elector or" and the words "constituency or" shall cease to have effect;
	in subsection (1) (b) the words "residence or" where they twice occur, "constituency or", and "as the case may be" shall cease to have effect;
	in subsection (2), paragraph (a) and the words "the residence qualification or" and the words from "as the case may be" to the end shall cease to have effect;
	subsections (3) and (4) shall cease to have effect.

In section 31 (2)
	- in paragraph (c). sub-paragraph (i), in sub-paragraph (ii) the words "in respect of a residence qualification" and "as so qualified" and sub-paragraph (iii) shall cease to have effect;
	paragraph (d) shall cease to have effect.

In Schedule 1, column 2 of Part 11 shall cease to have effect.

In Schedule 3-
	in paragraph 4 (3) the words "a business premises qualification or" shall cease to have effect;
	in paragraph 9 (6) the words "a business premises qualification or" shall cease to have effect;
	in paragraph 22, sub-paragraph (2) (a) shall cease to have effect and in sub-paragraph (2) (b) for the words "at such an election" there shall be substituted the words "at an election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland".

In Schedule 4-
	in paragraph 42-
	in sub-paragraph (1) (c) the words "registered", "(i) by virtue of a residence qualification-" and "in respect of a residence qualification" shall cease to have effect;
	sub-paragraph (1) (c) (ii) shall cease to have effect;
	in sub-paragraph (1) (d) the words "registered", "(i) by virtue of a residence qualification-" and "in respect of a residence qualification" shall cease to have effect;
	sub-paragraph (1) (d) (ii) shall cease to have effect.

In Schedule 9-
	in paragraph 11, in sub-paragraph (a) (ii) the words "by virtue of a residence qualification" and sub-paragraph (a) (iii) and (iv) shall cease to have effect;
	in paragraph 12. in sub-paragraph (2) (b) the words from "where" to "qualification" and the word "such" and subparagraph (2) (c) shall cease to have effect.

	SCHEDULE 3
	CONSTITUTION, OFFICERS, EXPENSES AND PROCEDURE OF BOUNDARY COMMISSION AND RULES FOR ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES OF CONSTITUENCIES


	After Part IV of Schedule 2 to the principal Act there shall be inserted the following Parts:-

	PART V CONSTITUTION, OFFICERS, EXPENSES AND PROCEDURE OF BOUNDARY COMMISSION

	Constitution
1 .	(1) The Commission shall consist of three persons of whom one who shall be chairman shall be a person appointed by the Lord Chief Justice and the other two shall be appointed by the Minister and each of those persons shall hold his appointment for such term and on such conditions as may be determined before his appointment by the person appointing him.

	(2) The person appointed by the Lord Chief Justice shall be a judge of the Supreme Court or any person who holds or has held high judicial office within the meaning of section 25 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 or who is qualified for appointment as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary under section 6 of that Act.
	(3) In the Part substituted by section 10 of and Schedule 3 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act, 1957, for Part 111 of Schedule 1 to that Act (which substituted Part lists offices the holders of which are disqualified for membership of the Senate and of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland) the following entry shall be inserted at the appropriate point in alphabetical order: Boundary Commissioner or Assistant Boundary Commissioner appointed under paragraph 1 (1) or paragraph 2 (1) of Part V of Schedule 2 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland), 1962.

	(4) A person ceasing to be a member of the Commission shall be eligible for re-appointment to the Commission.

	Officers and expenses
2.	(1) The Minister may, at the request of the Commission, appoint an assistant commissioner to enquire into, and report to the Commission upon, such matters as the Commission thinks fit.

	(2) An assistant commissioner shall be appointed either for a certain term or for the purposes of a particular inquiry, and on such conditions as to remuneration or otherwise as may be determined before his appointment by the Minister with the approval of the Ministry of Finance.

3.	The Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Northern Ireland and the Commissioner of Valuation shall be assessors to the Commission.

4.	The Minister shall appoint a secretary to the Commission and may appoint such other officers as he may determine with the approval of the Ministry of Finance and the terms and conditions of any such appointment shall be such as may be so determined.

5.	The expenses of the Commission, including the travelling and other expenses of the members thereof, and the remuneration and expenses of the assistant commissioner, secretary and other officers, shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.

	Procedure
6.	The Commission shall have power to act notwithstanding a vacancy, other than that of chairman, among the members thereof.
7.	Where the Commission has provisionally determined to make recommendations affecting the boundaries of any constituency, it shall publish in at least one newspaper circulating in the constituency a notice stating-
	(a)	the effect of the proposed recommendations and (except in a case where they propose to recommend that no alteration be made in the boundaries of the constituency) that copies of the recommendation are open to inspection at specified places within the constituency; and
	(b)	that representations with respect to the proposed recommendations may be made to the Commission within one month after the publication of the notice;
	and the Commission shall take into consideration any representations duly made in accordance with any such notice.

8.	(1) The Commission may, if it thinks fit, cause a local enquiry to be held in respect of any constituency or constituencies and may -direct such enquiry to be held by an assistant commissioner.

	(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where, on the publication of the notice under paragraph 7 of a recommendation of the Commission for the alteration of the boundaries of any constituency, the Commission receives any representations objecting to the proposed recommendations from-
	(a)	a local authority the whole or any part of whose area is within the boundaries of any of the constituencies affected by the recommendations; or
	(b)	a body of electors numbering one hundred or more, being parliamentary electors for any of the constituencies affected by the recommendations,
	the Commission shall not make the recommendations unless, since the publication of the said notice, a local enquiry has been held in respect of the constituencies under sub-paragraph (1).

	(3) Where a local enquiry was held in respect of the constituencies before the publication of the said notice, sub-paragraph (2) shall not apply if the Commission after considering the matters discussed at the local enquiry, the nature of the representations received on the publication of the said notice and any other relevant circumstances, are of opinion that a further local enquiry would not be justified.

	(4) For the purposes of any enquiry held under this paragraph, section 65 of, and paragraphs 2 to 5 of Schedule 7 to, the Health Services Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 shall have effect as if the references therein to the Ministry of Health and Social Services were references to the Commission and-
	(a)	the Commission or a person appointed to hold such enquiry may for the purposes thereof exercise the powers conferred on a person appointed under the said Schedule 7; and
	(b)	any such enquiry shall be held in the manner provided by paragraphs 2 to 5 of the said Schedule 7.

9.	Where the Commission revise any proposed recommendations after publishing a notice of them under paragraph 7, the Commission shall comply again with that paragraph and paragraph 8 as if no earlier notice had been published.

10.	Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, the Commission shall have power to regulate its own procedure.

11.	Every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by the Commission and to be signed by the secretary or any person authorised to act in that behalf, shall be received in evidence and shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be an instrument made or issued by the Commission.

	PART VI RULES FOR ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES OF CONSTITUENCIES

1.	Every constituency shall return a single member.

2.	No county or part thereof shall be included in a constituency which includes the whole or part of any other county or the whole or part of the county borough of Belfast.

3.	No district electoral division shall be included partly in one constituency and partly in another.

4.	The electorate of any constituency shall be as near the electoral quota as is practicable having regard to the foregoing rules; and the Commission may depart from the strict application of rules 2 and 3 if it appears to them that a departure is desirable to avoid an excessive disparity between the electorate of any constituency and the electoral quota or between the electorate thereof and that of neighbouring constituencies.

5.	The Commission may depart from the strict application of rules 2, 3 and 4 if they consider such a departure desirable having regard-
	(a)	to geographical considerations including in particular the size, shape and accessibility of a constituency;
	(b)	the inconvenience attendant on alterations; and
	(c)	any local ties which would be broken by alterations.

6.	For the purposes of these rules and any report made under section 10B (1), the electoral quota is the number obtained by dividing by fifty-two the total number of persons whose names appear on the register of voters for elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland in force on the date on which notice is given under section 10B (4) informing the Minister that the Commission intends to consider making that report."

	SCHEDULE 4 REPEALS PART I
	REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRINCIPAL ACT CONSEQUENT ON SECTION 1

The following provisions of the principal Act are hereby repealed:-
	Section 8; Section 9 (2); Section 33;

	In section 61-
		in subsection (2), paragraph (a) and in paragraph (b) the word "other" and in subsection (8), paragraph (a) and in paragraph (b) the word "other".

	In section 67 (2) (b), the words from "or being" to "officer".
	Sections 69 to 71.
	In section 130-
		in paragraph (a) of the definition of "day of election", sub-paragraph (i) and in sub-paragraph (ii) the words "as respects any other constituency,";
		in the definition of "postal voting area" the words ", except in relation to the university constituency", and from "and in relation to" to the end;
		the definition of "university" and "university constituency".


Schedule 2, Part IV.
Schedule 6.
	In Schedule 7-
		the title to Part I;
		Part 11.
	In Schedule 8-
		paragraph 2 (1) (c);
		in paragraph 9 (3) the words "in the university constituency or
		in paragraph 11(6) (a) the words "or in the University Elections Rules in the Sixth Schedule".
	In Schedule 9-
		in paragraph 33 (1), the words "or the registration officer in the university constituency".
	In Schedule 10-
		in Form 1, the words "[four Members]" where twice occurring, "[names]", "[members]" where twice occurring, "[they]" and "[are]" and the side note thereto;
		in Form 6, the words "[- Members]" "[will remain open until (hour, day and date)]" and "[and Sixth Schedule]" and the footnote thereto;
		in Form 9, the words "(other than in the university constituency)";
		in Forms 10 and 11 the words "other than in the university constituency";
		Forms 18, 19, 20 and 21.

	PART II REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRINCIPAL ACT CONSEQUENT ON SECTION 3 AND SCHEDULE 2

The following provisions of the principal Act are hereby repealed:-

	In section 6, subsection (2) and in subsection (3) the words "or subsection (2)".
	In section 7 (1), the definition of "business premises".
	In section 29-
		in subsection (1), in paragraph (a), the words "constituency or" and in paragraph (b), the words "residence or" where twice occurring, "constituency or" and "as the case may be";
	in subsection (2), paragraph (a) and the words "the residence qualification or" and the words from "as the case may be" to the end;
	subsections (3) and (4).

	In section 31(2)-
		in paragraph (c), sub-paragraph (i), in sub-paragraph (ii) the words "in respect of a residence qualification" and "as so qualified" and sub-paragraph (iii);
		paragraph (d).

	In Schedule 1, column 2 of Part II.
	In Schedule 3-
		in paragraph 4 (3), the words "a business premises qualification or";
		in paragraph 9 (6) the words "a business premises qualification or";
		in paragraph 22, sub-paragraph (2) (a).

	In Schedule 4-
		in paragraph 42- in sub-paragraph (1) (c) the words "registered", "(i) by virtue of a residence qualification-" and "in respect of a residence qualification";
		sub-paragraph (1) (c) (ii);
		in sub-paragraph (1) (d) the words "registered", "(i) by virtue of a residence qualification-" and "in respect of a residence qualification";
		sub-paragraph (1) (d) (ii).

	In Schedule 9-
		in paragraph 11, in sub-paragraph (a) (ii), the words "by virtue of a residence qualification" and sub-paragraphs (a) (iii) and (iv);
		in paragraph 12, in sub-paragraph (2) (b), the words from "where" to "qualification" and sub-paragraph (2) (c).

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