Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939

The Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939

Long title An Act to postpone elections of local authorities, to postpone the preparation of the register of electors, to suspend certain powers relating to the alteration of the areas or of the constitution of local authorities, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation 2 & 3 Geo. 6 c. 115
Dates
Royal assent 31 October 1939
Status: Repealed

The Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo.6 c. 115) was a war time Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that postponed local elections and the preparation of registers of electors. Initially the postponement was for one year, but the Act was renewed annually until the electoral cycle was resumed in 1945 following the cessation of hostilities.

Provisions

The Act had ten sections.

"While this Act is in force, no local election shall be held and any alderman, councillor or elective auditor in office at the commencement of this Act shall continue in office".
Where casual vacancies occurred, these were to be filled by the councils concerned who were given the power to appoint (or co-opt) any qualified person they wished.

Renewal

With the continuation of the war until 1945, the provisions of the 1939 legislation had to be renewed on five further occasions by the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Acts of 1940,[1] 1941,[2] 1942,[3] 1943,[4] and 1944.[5]

References

  1. 4 & 5 Geo. 6 c. 3
  2. 4 & 5 Geo. 6 c. 49
  3. 5 & 6 Geo. 6 c. 38
  4. 7 & 8 Geo. 6 c. 2
  5. 8 & 9 Geo. 6 c. 3
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