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ELIZABETH II c. 25

Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020

2020 CHAPTER 25

An Act to make provision about reports of the Boundary Commissions under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986; to make provision about the number of parliamentary constituencies and other rules for the distribution of seats; and for connected purposes. [14th December 2020]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Reports of the Boundary Commissions

1. Reports of the Boundary Commissions

(1) Section 3 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (referred to in this Act as “the 1986 Act”) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) (duty on Boundary Commissions to submit reports to the Secretary of State), for “Secretary of State” substitute “Speaker of the House of Commons”.

(3) For subsection (2) (deadline for reports) substitute—

“(2) Each Boundary Commission must submit a report under subsection (1)—

(a) before 1 July 2023,

(b) before 1 October 2031, and

(c) before 1 October of every eighth year after that.”

(4) After subsection (2) insert—

“(2ZA) On submitting a report to the Speaker under subsection (1), a Boundary Commission must send a copy of it to the Secretary of State or the Minister for the Cabinet Office.