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Polling districts and polling places
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29. (1) The city council shall, as respects any polling district that is situated partly inside and partly outside the relevant area—
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(a) join such part of it as is situated in the relevant area to a polling district in the administrative area of the city council that adjoins the said part,
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(b) join different parts of the part referred to in paragraph (a) to different polling districts in the administrative area of the city council, provided that each such different part adjoins the polling district to which it is joined, or
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(c) constitute the part referred to in paragraph (a) as a polling district and appoint a polling place in respect of it,
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in this section referred to as an “interim polling district arrangement”.
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(2) An interim polling district arrangement shall cease to have effect upon the coming into operation of the first scheme under section 28 of the Act of 1992 made by the city council after the commencement of this section.
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(3) The county council shall, as respects any polling district that is situated partly inside and partly outside the relevant area—
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(a) join such part of it as is situated outside the relevant area to a polling district in the administrative area (other than the relevant area) of the county council that adjoins the said part,
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(b) join different parts of the part referred to in paragraph (a) to different polling districts in the administrative area (other than the relevant area) of the county council, provided that each such different part adjoins the polling district to which it is joined, or
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(c) constitute the part referred to in paragraph (a) as a polling district and appoint a polling place in respect of it,
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in this section also referred to as an “interim polling district arrangement”.
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(4) An interim polling district arrangement shall cease to have effect upon the coming into operation of the first scheme under section 28 of the Act of 1992 made by the county council after the commencement of this section.
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