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The Elections Act 2022 (Commencement No. 9, Transitional and Savings Provisions and Appointed and Specified Days) and Ballot Secrecy Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2023

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Transitional provision: postal vote entitlement limit for overseas electors

8.  Until section 14 of EA 2022 (extension of franchise for parliamentary elections: British citizens overseas) comes fully into force, paragraph 3(1B)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000(1) is to be read as if for the words from “1 November” to “register” there were substituted “date on which, in accordance with section 2(2)(a) of the Representation of the People Act 1985(2), the person’s entitlement to remain registered in that register ends”.

(1)

Paragraph 3(1B) is inserted by paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 3 to the Elections Act 2022.

(2)

Section 2 was substituted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Representation of the People Act 2000. It is prospectively amended by section 14(1) of the Election Act 2022 from a date and time to be appointed.

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