Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2009

Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1999.

2.— Section 2 of the Act of 1999 is amended by—

(a) substituting the following definition for the definition of “clerk”:

“ ‘clerk’, in relation to a city, borough or town council means the town clerk;”,

(b) substituting the following definition for the definition of “local authority”:

“ ‘local authority’ has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 2001 ;”,

and

(c) inserting the following definition:

“ ‘local election’ means an election under Part 4 of the Local Government Act 2001 ;”.