Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1922

The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1996

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1996 No. 1922

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS AND REVIEW OF ELECTION ARRANGEMENTS

The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1996

Made	23rd July 1996

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(3)

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of July 1996

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas in pursuance of section 3(3) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986^[1] the Boundary Commission for England have submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated 17th May 1996 with respect to the areas to be comprised in certain constituencies in England and showing the constituencies into which they recommend, in accordance with the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, that the areas should be divided;And whereas the Secretary of State has laid that report before Parliament together with the draft of this Order in Council to give effect to the recommendations contained in the report and each House of Parliament has by resolution approved the said draft;Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 4 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1996.

    (2)  In this Order "the 1995 Order" means the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995^[2].

    (3)  Subject to section 4(6) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, this Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

    2.    For the constituencies of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Northfield, Birmingham, Selly Oak and Bromsgrove as constituted by the Schedule to the 1995 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 1st June 1994), there shall be substituted the constituencies which—
 (a) are named in the left-hand column of Part I of the Schedule to this Order;
 (b) are designated in that column as either borough constituencies or county constituencies; and
 (c) comprise the areas set out in the right-hand column of that Part (which are local government areas as they existed on 17th May 1996).

    3.    For the constituencies of Chingford and Woodford Green, Epping Forest, Ilford North, Leyton and Wanstead and Walthamstow as constituted by the Schedule to the 1995 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 1st June 1994), there shall be substituted the constituencies which—
 (a) are named in the left-hand column of Part II of the Schedule to this Order;
 (b) are designated in that column as either borough constituencies or county constituencies; and
 (c) comprise the areas set out in the right-hand column of that Part (which are local government areas as they existed on 17th May 1996).

    4.    Each electoral registration officer for the constituencies referred to in this Order shall make such re-arrangement or adaptation of the registers of parliamentary electors as may be necessary to give effect to this Order.

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

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Notes:

[1] 1986 c. 56.

[2] S. I. 1995/1626.

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