SCHEDULE 1 Parliamentary Elections Rules
Representation of the People Act 1983 (1983 c 2) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 1 Parliamentary Elections Rules

Section 23

Part I
Provisions as to Time

Timetable

1

The proceedings at the election shall be conducted in accordance with the following Table.

TIMETABLE
Computation of time

2

(1)     In computing any period of time for the purposes of the Timetable—

(a)     a Saturday or Sunday,

[(b)     a Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, . . . Good Friday or a bank holiday], or

(c)     a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning,

shall be disregarded. . . [, and any such day is not to be treated as a day for the purpose of any proceedings in the Timetable up to the completion of the poll, nor is the returning officer obliged to proceed with the counting of the votes on such a day].

[(1A)     . . .

(1B)     . . .]

(2)     In this rule “bank holiday†means—

(a)     in relation to a general election, a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom,

(b)     in relation to a by-election, a day which is a bank holiday under that Act in that part of the United Kingdom in which the constituency is situated,

but

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