Elections Ordinance, 2015

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The Elections Ordinance, 2015
 
THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolutions of the 25th June, 2015[a] and 29th September, 2015[b], and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Articles 29(3), 34(11), 39(2) and 44(1) of the Reform (Guernsey) Law, 1948, as amended[c] and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order:-
 
Date of People’s Deputies’ Election.
1.      The date for the General Election of People’s Deputies to be held in April 2016 shall be the 27th April, 2016.
 
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 29th February, 2016.
 
Electoral expenditure: People’s Deputies.
3.      A candidate in an election for the office of People’s Deputy may, during the period beginning on the day on which he delivers his nomination form to the Presiding Officer of the States and ending on the day of the election, expend money or give value in money’s worth in respect of that election up to a maximum of £2,300.
 
Hours of Polling for certain Districts.
4.      At every election for the office of People’s Deputy held in the Electoral Districts of St Peter Port South, St Peter Port North, the Castel, the West, the South-East and the Vale every polling station must open at 8.00 a.m. and be kept open until 8.00 p.m.
 
Repeals.
5.      (1)      The Elections Ordinance, 2011[d] is repealed.
 
(2)      Section 2 of the By-election (Saint Peter Port North) Ordinance, 2015 is repealed.
 
Citation.
6.      This Ordinance may be cited as the Elections Ordinance, 2015.
 
Commencement.
7.      This Ordinance shall come into force on the 1st January, 2016.
 
[a]

Article X of Billet d'État No. XI of 2015.
[b]

Billet d'État No. XVII of 2015.
[c]

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; Vol. XXXIV, p. 397; Vol. XXXVI, p. 478; Vol. XXXVIII, pp 150 and 295; Order in Council No. XIII of 2003; No. III of 2004; Nos. II and XX of 2007; Nos. XIII and XXII of 2008; No. VII of 2010; No. II of 2012; Ordinance No. XXXIII of 2003 and No. XXVI of 2008.
[d]

Ordinance No. XXX of 2011.




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