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Parliament shall (subject to any prorogation subsequent to the demise) take place—

(a) on the 14th day after the day appointed in the proclamation for the meeting, or

(b) if the 14th day is not a working day, the next working day after the 14th day.

(7) If the demise occurs within the period of seven days before the day of the dissolution of a Parliament by section 3(1) of the 2011 Act, subsections (2) to (6) have effect as if the demise occurred on that day.

(8) In this section “working day” means any day other than one to which rule 2 in Schedule 1 to the principal Act applies in relation to the current election (or would have applied had it fallen before the polling day).” Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (c. 56)

Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (c. 56)

17

In section 4(6) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 for the words from the first “until” to “affect” substitute “or”.

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)

18

The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 is amended as follows.

19

In section 22(2A) after “1983” insert “(subject to rule 2(2A))”.

20

In section 63(6)(a) for the words from “Her Majesty’s” to “forthcoming” substitute “Parliament is dissolved by section 3(1) of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 for a”.

21 (1) Amend Schedule 9 as follows.

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(2) In paragraph 1(3)(a) for the words from “Her Majesty’s” to “forthcoming” substitute “Parliament is dissolved by section 3(1) of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 for a”.

(3) In paragraph 9(6)(b) for the words from “Her Majesty’s” to “with” substitute “Parliament is dissolved by section 3(1) of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 for”.|4|-4}}

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