SCHEDULES
C1SCHEDULE 1 Application and modification of Representation of the People Act 1983
Part II Modifications
General
1
References to local government elections are to be read as references to local elections.
2
References to section 2 (local government electors in Great Britain) are to be read as references to section 1 of this Act and references to Part I (Parliamentary and local government franchise and its exercise) include section 1 of this Act.
3
References to the registration officer are to be read as references to the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.
4
References to local government electors are to be read as references to local electors.
5
References to legal incapacity are to legal incapacity within the meaning of this Act.
6
References to any other provision mentioned in Part I of this Schedule are to that provision as modified by this Part.
Specific
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1
In section 4(2)—
a
for “parliamentary electors for any constituency” substitute “local electors for any district electoral area”; and
b
for “subsection (1) above,” substitute “subsection (3) below,”.
2
In section 4(4)(a), the reference to any enactment includes an enactment comprised in Northern Ireland legislation.
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In section 7B references to the United Kingdom are to be read as references to Northern Ireland.
8
In section 9, for subsection (1)(b) there is substituted—
b
a register of local electors for each district.
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12
In section 49—
a
in subsection (2), in paragraph (b) the reference to a local government area is to be read as a reference to a district and at the end of that subsection there is inserted—
c
whether or not a person registered as an elector in a district was during the whole of the period of three months ending on the qualifying date resident in Northern Ireland
b
in subsection (5) “or entered in the list of proxies” is omitted.
13
In section 50, for paragraph (c) there is substituted—
c
in any list, notice or other document required for the purposes of this Part of this Act
14
In section 53—
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in subsection (1)(a) omit the words from “and any special lists” to the end,
b
for subsection (1)(b) substitute—
“
with respect to—
i
the procedure to be followed in the preparation of the register, and
ii
the place and manner of its publication; and;”.
c
in subsection (1)(c) “or to voting by post or proxy” is omitted.
15
In section 54, in subsections (3) and (4) paragraph (a) is omitted.
16
In section 56—
a
subsection (1)(b), and
b
in subsection (4) the words from the beginning to “and”,
are omitted.
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In section 59, in subsection (3)(a) the words from “and of” to the end are omitted.
18
In Schedule 2—
a
in paragraph 5(2) “or with his appointment as a proxy”,
b
paragraph 5A, and
c
in paragraph 13(1)(a) “or paragraph 2”,
are omitted.
Sch. 1 applied (9.7.2003) by The Local and European Parliamentary Elections (Registration of Citizens of Accession States) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1557), reg. 4 (subject to reg. 2)