138ASpecial provision in relation to certain elections to fill extraordinary vacancies and certain polls

1. Despite section 33(3) and section 120(1),—

2. if an electoral officer receives a notice under section 30(4), section 31(3), or section 120(1)(a) in the period that begins on 14 September in any year and ends with the close of 20 November in that year, the polling day for the poll under section 33, or for the election under section 120(1), must be a day not earlier than 3 March in the following year; and
3. if an electoral officer receives a notice under section 30(4), section 31(3), or section 120(1)(a) in the period that begins on 21 November in any year and ends with the close of 15 December in that year, the polling day for the poll under section 33, or for the election under section 120(1), must be a day not earlier than 28 March in the following year; and
4. if an electoral officer receives a notice under section 30(4), section 31(3), or section 120(1)(a) in the period that begins on 16 December in any year and ends with the close of 12 January in the following year, the polling day for the poll under section 33, or for the election under section 120(1), must be a day not earlier than 24 April in that following year.

5. In any case to which paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of subsection (1) applies, the requirements of this Act apply as if the notice referred to in the paragraph had been received by the electoral officer on the last day of the period specified in that paragraph.