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Emergency (Date of Election) (Sixth Term Chief Executive) Regulation Explanatory Note Paragraph 1 The purposes of this Regulation are to—
 * (a) revoke certain notices in respect of the election to elect the sixth term Chief Executive the poll at which is originally scheduled to be held on 27 March 2022 (discontinued election);
 * (b) provide that the discontinued election comes to an end at the beginning of 24 February 2022, and that acts done, or purportedly done, under the electoral law in relation to the discontinued election cease to have effect accordingly;
 * (c) provide that the poll at the election to elect the sixth term Chief Executive is to be held on 8 May 2022 instead, and that the nomination period at that election is the period from 3 April 2022 to 16 April 2022; and
 * (d) provide for related or consequential matters.