Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/part/III/crossheading/procedure-on-all-election-petitions
Timestamp: 2015-04-26 16:29:02
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 14', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 9', 'art. 9', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

Part III Procedure on all election petitionsTable of ContentsContentMore ResourcesPrevious: CrossheadingNext: CrossheadingPlain ViewPrint OptionsWhat VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As enacted)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of ChangesOpening OptionsOpen whole ActOpen Act without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyMore ResourcesOriginal Print PDFView moreChanges to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Representation of the People Act 1983. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Act amendment to earlier affecting provision SI 2007/1024 reg. 3(2)(3)(a) Sch. 2 by S.I. 2014/370 reg. 6(3)Act applied in part by S.I. 2013/3197 art. 14(2)(b)Act applied in part (with modifications) by 2011 c. 1 Sch. 4 para. 1(1)Act certain functions made exercisable by S.I. 2010/1837 art. 3Act modified by 2011 c. 1 Sch. 3 para. 8(3)Act modified by 2011 c. 1 Sch. 3 para. 19(3)Act modified by 2013 c. 6 Sch. 5 para. 30(5)Act power to apply or incorporate (with modifications) conferred by 2011 c. 13 s. 54(2)-(5)Act power to apply or incorporate (with modifications) conferred by 2011 c. 13 s. 58(1)-(3) (7)Blanket amendment words substituted by S.I. 2011/1043 art. 3 4Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 9D inserted by 2013 c. 6 s. 4s. 9D power to modify conferred by 2013 c. 6 s. 7(2)s. 9E inserted by 2013 c. 6 s. 5(1)s. 10ZC inserted by 2013 c. 6 s. 1(1)s. 10ZD 10ZE inserted by 2013 c. 6 Sch. 1 para. 1s. 13AB applied (with modifications) by SI 2012/2031 reg. 8 12 13 Sch. 4 Pt. 1 table 1 (as amended) by S.I. 2014/333 reg. 9(1)s. 13AB words inserted by 2013 c. 6 s. 16(3)s. 13CZA inserted by 2014 c. 13 s. 17s. 18AA inserted by S.I. 2013/3156 art. 9(3)s. 18CA inserted by S.I. 2013/3156 art. 9(5)s. 29A inserted by 2013 c. 6 s. 18(2)s. 75ZA 75ZB inserted by 2014 c. 4 s. 36(2)s. 199ZA inserted by S.I. 2010/1837 Sch. para. 2Sch. Pt. 2 words inserted by S.I. 2014/1803 reg. 8(3)(b)Sch. ZA1 inserted by 2013 c. 6 s. 5(2) Sch. 3Sch. 1 Appendix of Forms Form of Writ words substituted by 2011 c. 14 Sch. para. 13Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Representation of the People Act 1983Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2010/275 art. 3 commences (2006 c. 22)S.I. 2010/969 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 12)S.I. 2011/1418 art. 2 commences (2010 c. 23)S.I. 2011/2329 art. 2	3	commences (2011 c. 5)S.S.I. 2010/132 art. 2 commences (2009 asp 10) Procedure on all election petitionsE+W+S+N.I.136 Security for costs.E+W+S+N.I.(1)At the time of presenting an election petition or within three days afterwards the petitioner shall give security for all costs which may become payable by him to any witness summoned on his behalf or to any respondent.
(a)in the case of a parliamentary election petition, [F1such amount not exceeding £5,000 as the High Court or a judge of the High Court, [F2directs on an application made by the petitioner]]; and
(b)in the case of a petition questioning an election under the local government Act, such amount not exceeding [F3£2,500] as the High Court, or a judge of the High Court, [directs on an application made by the petitioner],
and shall be given in the prescribed manner by recognisance entered into by any number of sureties not exceeding four or by a deposit of money, or partly in one way and partly in the other; but in Scotland—
(i)[F4the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) above shall be such amount not exceeding £5,000 as the Court of Session or a judge of the Court of Session directs and] the amount mentioned in paragraph (b) above shall be such amount not exceeding [F5£2,500] as the election court or the sheriff directs; and
(ii)the persons finding caution for that amount may exceed four.
[F6(3)Within the prescribed time after giving the security the petitioner shall serve on the respondent in the prescribed manner—
(b)a copy of the petition.]
(4)Within a further prescribed time, F7. . . the respondent may object in writing to any recognisance on the ground that any surety is insufficient or is dead or cannot be found or ascertained for want of a sufficient description in the recognisance, or that a person named in the recognisance has not duly acknowledged the recognisance.