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5

The purpose of the annexed Bill is therefore to provide for the incoming members of the Regional Council to be registered in advance of the normal registration period as a special one-off exercise, thus to enable the by-election to be held in the first week of June.

The Bill

6

By modification of the Legislative Council (Electoral Provisions) (Registration of Electors and Appointment of Authorized Representatives) Regulations 1985, the Bill makes provision for the registration of Regional Council members as electors in their special constituency to commence immediately

inauguration of the upon

Council. It provides for the modifications to apply in 1986 only and exclusively to members of the Regional Council, and further for the names of those so registered thereupon to be incorporated into the existing final Legislative Council electoral register.

7.

The more

in significant dates proposed

the Bill. together with details of the timetable for the run up to the by-election, are as follows

(a) Period for registration of

Regional Council Members

Publication of Notice of Vacancy in the Regional

Council Electoral College

Publication of Notice

(b)

(c)

(i)

(ii)

Appointing 5.6.86 as the date of the election; and

Calling for nomination

of candidates to be made by 16.5.86

1.4.86 18.4.86

18.4.86

-2.5.86

(d)

Period for public inspection of applications for registration

1.4.86

-

21.4.86

(e)

Period for processing of

22.4.86

-

30.4.86

applications for registration and for determination of

objections, if any, by

revising officer

(£)

Publication of register

Date of election (see (c) above)

2.5.86

5.6.86

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