Elections Ordinance, 2007

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The Elections Ordinance, 2007

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 29^th June, 2007[a], and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Articles 29(3), 34(11)(a), 39(2) and 44(1) of the Reform (Guernsey) Law, 1948, as amended[b], hereby order:-

Date of People's Deputies' Election

1. The date for the General Election of People's Deputies to be held in April 2008 shall be Wednesday 23^rd April, 2008.

Closure of Entries to Electoral Roll

2. In relation to the General Election referred to in section 1, the Electoral Roll shall be closed on 1^st February, 2008, and no entry to it shall be made or amended during the period beginning on that date and ending on the date of the election.

Electoral expenditure: People's Deputies

3. A candidate in an election for the office of People's Deputy may, during the period commencing on the day on which he delivers his nomination form to the Presiding Officer of the States and ending on the date of the election, expend money or give value in money's worth in respect of that election up to a maximum of £1,400.

Hours of Polling in St Peter Port

4. At every election for the office of People's Deputy held in the Electoral Districts of St Peter Port South and St Peter Port North every polling station shall open at 08.00 hours and be kept open until 20.00 hours.

Electoral expenditure: Constables and Douzeniers

5. A candidate in an election for the office of Constable or Douzenier shall not, during the period commencing on the day on which he delivers his nomination form to the Returning Officer and ending on the date when the election in fact takes place, expend money or give value in money's worth in respect of that election in excess of the amount specified in the right hand column of the Schedule to this Ordinance in relation to the Electoral Districts specified in the left hand column of that Schedule.

Repeals

6. The Elections Ordinance, 2004[c] is repealed.

Citation

7. This Ordinance may be cited as the Elections Ordinance, 2007.

Commencement

8. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 1^st January, 2008.

SCHEDULE

Section 5

Electoral Districts

Maximum amount of election expenditure

The Parish of St. Peter Port

The Parishes of St.Sampson, the Vale, The Castel and St. Martin

The Parishes of St. Saviour, St. Pierre du Bois and St. Andrew

The Parishes of Torteval and the Forest

£700

£465

£290

£175

[a]	Article XIV of Billet d'État No. XVI of 2007.
[b]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIII, p.288; Vol. XIV, p.407; Vol. XV, p.279; Vol. XVI, p.178; Vol. XVIII, p.275; Vol. XIX, p.84; Vol. XIX, p.140; Vol. XXII, p.122; Vol. XXIII, p.476; Vol. XXV, p.326; Vol. XXVI, p.255; Vol. XXIX, p.56; Vol. XXX, p.16; Vol. XXXI, p.164; Vol. XXXII, p.41; No. V of 1993; No. II of 1996; No. III of 1998; No. X of 1998; No. XIII of 2003; No. III of 2004; No. II of 2007; also amended by Ordinances XXXIII of 2003; III of 2004 and LI of 2006.
[c]	Ordinance No. VI of 2004.