This Order makes provision for the designation of returning officers and acting returning officers in certain constituencies in England and Wales, where the returning officer or acting returning officer is not prescribed by section 24(1) or section 28(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2). The Order is in consequence of the new parliamentary constituency boundaries in England and Wales set out in the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1230).