SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1N.I. Application and modification of Representation of the People Act 1983

Part II N.I. Modifications

GeneralN.I.

1N.I.References to local government elections are to be read as references to local elections.

2N.I.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.

3N.I.References to the registration officer are to be read as references to the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.

4N.I.References to local government electors are to be read as references to local electors.

5N.I.References to legal incapacity are to legal incapacity within the meaning of this Act.

6N.I.References to any other provision mentioned in Part I of this Schedule are to that provision as modified by this Part.

SpecificN.I.

[F17(1)In section 4(2)—N.I.

(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.]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 7, 7A substituted for para. 7 (29.1.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8, Sch. 3 para. 4(2); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2)

[F27AN.I.In section 7B references to the United Kingdom are to be read as references to Northern Ireland.]

Textual Amendments

F2Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 7, 7A substituted for para. 7 (29.1.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8, Sch. 3 para. 4(2); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2)

8N.I.In section 9, for subsection (1)(b) there is substituted—

(b)a register of local electors for each district.

Prospective

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Textual Amendments

F4Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 9-11 repealed (29.1.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, ss. 8, 15, Sch. 3 para. 4(3), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2)

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Textual Amendments

F5Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 9-11 repealed (29.1.2001 for specifed purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, ss. 8, 15, Sch. 3 para. 4(3), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2)

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Textual Amendments

F6Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 9-11 repealed (29.1.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, ss. 8, 15, Sch. 3 para. 4(3), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2)

12N.I.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, and

(b)in subsection (5) “or entered in the list of proxies” is omitted.

13N.I.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.

14N.I.In section 53—

[F7(a)in subsection (1)(a) omit the words from “and any special lists” to the end,

(b)for subsection (1)(b) substitute—

“(b)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.

Textual Amendments

F7Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 14(a)(b) substituted (29.1.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8, Sch. 3 para. 4(4); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2)

15N.I.In section 54, in subsections (3) and (4) paragraph (a) is omitted.

16In section 56—

(a)subsection (1)(b), and

(b)in subsection (4) the words from the beginning to “and”,

are omitted.

17N.I.In section 59, in subsection (3)(a) the words from “and of” to the end are omitted.

18N.I.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.