European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002

1 Number of MEPs and electoral regions

1APeriodic reviews of distribution of MEPs

General elections

2 Voting system in Great Britain and Gibraltar

3 Voting system in Northern Ireland

4 Date of elections

5 Filling vacant seats

Conduct of elections

6 Returning officers

7 Regulation-making powers: general

Entitlement to vote

8 Persons entitled to vote

9 Double voting

Entitlement to be MEP

10 Disqualification

11 Judicial determination of disqualification

European Parliament

12 Ratification of treaties

13 Regulations and orders

14 Transitional provisions

15 Consequential amendments

16 Repeals and revocation

16AFunctions of the Lord Chancellor

16BFunctions of the Minister for the Cabinet Office

17 Interpretation

18 Short title and commencement

SCHEDULE 1 Electoral regions in England and Gibraltar

(1)The electoral regions in England and Gibraltar are listed in...

2(1) A reference to an area specified in column (2)...

3Number of MEPs for each region

4TABLE (1) (2) (3). . . . . . ....

SCHEDULE 1APERIODIC REVIEWS OF DISTRIBUTION OF MEPS

Electoral Commission review and recommendation

1(1) As soon as possible after 1st May in a...

Exclusion or suspension of duties under paragraph 1

2(1) The Commission may not take any step (or further...

Implementation of Electoral Commission recommendation

3(1) Where a recommendation under paragraph 1(3) is made to...

Implementation of Electoral Commission recommendation

4(1) If a motion for the approval of a draft...

Exclusion or suspension of duties and powers under paragraph 3 or 4

5(1) The Secretary of State may not take any step...

6(1) In this Schedule— “ general election of MEPs ”...

SCHEDULE 2 Transitional provisions

1The repeal and re-enactment of provisions in this Act does...

2Anything done, or having effect as if done, under or...

3A reference, express or implied, in this Act, another enactment...

4(1) A reference, express or implied, in any enactment, instrument...

5Paragraphs 1 to 4 have effect in place of section...

SCHEDULE 3 Consequential amendments

1European Communities Act 1972 (c.68)

2Juries Act 1974 (c. 23)

3Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1974 (S.I. 1974/2143)

4European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979 (c. 50)

5Broadcasting Act 1996 (c.55)

6Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38)

7Scotland Act 1998 (c.46)

8Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41)

SCHEDULE 4Repeals and revocations

TABLE OF ORIGINS

2The following abbreviations are used in the Table:— Acts of...

3The Table does not separately acknowledge the provisions of section...

4Where the Act incorporates the effect of subordinate legislation, the...

European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (repealed)

2002 c. 24

An Act to consolidate the European Parliamentary Elections Acts 1978, 1993 and 1999.

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Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

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Act repealed (4.7.2018 for the repeal of s. 1A, Sch. 1A, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(4), Sch. 9 (with s. 19, Sch. 8 para. 37); S.I. 2018/808, reg. 3(i); S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 2 (with reg. 22); and with further savings in S.I. 2018/1310, reg. 6 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1389, regs. 1, 2)