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Emergency (Date of General Election) (Seventh Term of the Legislative Council) Regulation Explanatory Note Paragraph 1 Explanatory Note The purposes of this Regulation are to—
 * (a) revoke certain specification and notices in respect of the general election for the seventh term of office of the Legislative Council originally scheduled to be held on 6 September 2020 (discontinued election);
 * (b) provide that the discontinued election comes to an end at the beginning of 1 August 2020, 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 general election for the seventh term of office of the Legislative Council is to be held on 5 September 2021 instead; and
 * (d) provide for matters related or consequential to the change of the date of the general election, including the requirement of the Government to make payments to eligible persons and eligible groups in respect of their declared election expenses.