Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)U.K.
1(1)Section 10A (maintenance of registers: registration of electors) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (2), the words “, on the 15th October in the year in question,” are omitted.
(3)After that subsection there is inserted—
“(2A)The application referred to in subsection (2) above shall (subject to section 13BB(2)) be treated as made on the 15th October in the year in question.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 6 para. 1 wholly in force at 4.9.2009; Sch. 6 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 43(1); Sch. 6 para. 1 in force at 4.9.2009 by S.I. 2009/2395, art. 2(d) (with art. 3)
2U.K.In section 13 (publication of registers), in subsection (5)(b), for “section 13A, 13B or 13BA” there is substituted “ any of sections 13A to 13BB ”.
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I2Sch. 6 para. 2 wholly in force at 4.9.2009; Sch. 6 para. 2 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 43(1); Sch. 6 para. 2 in force at 4.9.2009 by S.I. 2009/2395, art. 2(d) (with art. 3)
3U.K.In section 13A (alteration of registers), in subsection (5), for “this section and section 13B or 13BA below” there is substituted “ this section, section 13B or 13BA below or section 13BB below ”.
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I3Sch. 6 para. 3 wholly in force at 4.9.2009; Sch. 6 para. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 43(1); Sch. 6 para. 3 in force at 4.9.2009 by S.I. 2009/2395, art. 2(d) (with art. 3)
4U.K.In section 65A (false statements in nomination papers etc), in subsection (1), after paragraph (a) there is inserted—
“(aa)(where the election is a parliamentary election) a statement under rule 6(5)(b) of Schedule 1 to this Act which he knows to be false in any particular; or”.
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 6 para. 4 wholly in force at 4.9.2009; Sch. 6 para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 43(1); Sch. 6 para. 4 in force at 4.9.2009 by S.I. 2009/2395, art. 2(d) (with art. 3)
5(1)Section 70 (effect of default in election agent's appointment) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (4)(a), after “the statement as to persons nominated” there is inserted “ (or where, in the case of a parliamentary election, the address is not given on that statement, the address as given under rule 6(4) of Schedule 1 to this Act) ”.
(3)After subsection (6) there is inserted—
“(7)In the case of a parliamentary election, subsection (6) above applies whether or not a statement has been made under rule 6(5) of Schedule 1 to this Act requiring the candidate's home address not to be made public.”
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 6 para. 5 wholly in force at 4.9.2009; Sch. 6 para. 5 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 43(1); Sch. 6 para. 5 in force at 4.9.2009 by S.I. 2009/2395, art. 2(d) (with art. 3)
6U.K.In section 76A (power to vary provisions about election expenses), after paragraph (d) of subsection (2) there is inserted—
“(e)section 76ZA(2) above.”
7U.K.In section 90ZA (meaning of “election expenses”), for subsection (5) there is substituted—
“(5)A reference in this Part of this Act to a candidate at an election, in relation to election expenses, includes (where the context allows) a reference to a person who becomes a candidate at the election after the expenses are incurred.”
8(1)Schedule 1 (parliamentary elections rules) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In rule 6 (nomination of candidates), in paragraph (2)(a), after “names,” there is inserted “ and ”.
(3)In rule 9 (deposit), in paragraph (3), for “rule 6(1)” there is substituted “ rule 6(4) ”.
(4)In rule 14 (publication of statement of persons nominated), in paragraph (2), after “nomination papers” there is inserted “ and home address forms ”.
(5)In rule 14A (correction of minor errors)—
(a)in paragraph (1), after “nomination paper” there is inserted “ or home address form ”;
(b)in paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (b) there is inserted —
“(c)in the home address form, errors as to the information mentioned in rule 6(5)(b).”
(6)In the Appendix of forms—
(a)in the Form of nomination paper, in the first table following the words “candidate at the said election”, the final column (home address) is omitted;
(b)in the Form of Front of Ballot Paper, for the address after “Richard Edgbaston” there is substituted— “ (address in the Birmingham Northfield Constituency) ”;
(c)in the directions as to printing the ballot paper, in paragraph 3(b), after “address” there is inserted “ (or the constituency in which that address is situated) ”.
Commencement Information
I6Sch. 6 para. 8 wholly in force at 4.9.2009; Sch. 6 para. 8 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 43(1); Sch. 6 para. 8 in force at 4.9.2009 by S.I. 2009/2395, art. 2(d) (with art. 3)