Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the People (England and Wales) and the Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which they are made.

(3) These Regulations shall not have effect in relation to any election for which the date of poll specified in the notice of election issued in relation to that election is on or before 2 May 2007.

(4) These Regulations do not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Amendment to the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001

2.—(1) In this regulation, any reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001(7).

Corresponding Number Lists

(2) In regulation 63A(2) and (4)(8) for “rules 29(3)(e), 37(1)(b) and 37(1)(d)” substitute “rules 29(3)(e) and 37(1)(b)”.

(3) In regulation 63A(3) and (4) for “sections 44(2) or 44(6)” substitute “section 44 or 45”.

Forms

(4) In Schedule 3—

(a)for Forms A, B, L2 and M2, substitute Forms A, B, L2 and M2 as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations; and

(b)in the heading to Form B1 for “From B1” substitute “Form B1”.

Interpretation of Part 7

(5) In regulation 116(1) for “rule 55(1)(b) and (c)” substitute “rule 55(1)(e)”.

Supply of marked registers and lists after an election

(6) In regulation 117(7)(9) for “referred to in paragraph (6)” substitute “in regulations 100(3), 103(3), 105(4), 106(3), 108(5) and 109(3) shall”, and for “the marked register or lists” substitute “a marked register or list”.

Fees relating to the supply of marked registers and lists

(7) In regulation 120(10) for “paragraph (3)” substitute “paragraph (4)”.

Amendment to the Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004

3.  In paragraph 28 of Schedule 2 to the Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) Regulations 2004(11), in the text to be substituted, delete paragraph 1 of the Guidance for Voters at Combined Polls and renumber the remaining paragraphs accordingly.

Regulation 2

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make amendments to the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/341) and to the Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/294).

Regulation 2(2), (3) and (4)(a) amend the 2001 Regulations, and regulation 3 amends the 2004 Regulations, to remove provisions inserted by the Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (S.I. 2006/2910) and the Representation of the Pople (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3278) which were made in anticipation of the intended commencement on 1 January 2007 of the provisions in the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) which require a voter to provide a signature to confirm that he has received a ballot paper. The commencement of the relevant provisions of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 has been delayed and the 2001 and 2004 Regulations are modified accordingly.

The remaining provisions of regulation 2 correct drafting errors introduced by the Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006.