The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct errors in S.I. 2023/1147 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 201(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, section 333(3A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, section 52ZQ(7) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, section 105(6) of the Local Government Act 2000, section 117(2) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 and sections 18(8) and 21(6)(a) of the Recall of MPs Act 2015, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Draft Statutory Instruments

2024 No. 000

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The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Made

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Coming into force

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The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 201(3) of, and rule 28(3) and (3A) of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983(1), paragraph 16 of Schedule 4B to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(2), sections 52ZQ(1) and 113(1) and (2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992(3), sections 9HE(1), 9MG(2) to (5) and 105(2) of the Local Government Act 2000(4), section 114(1) of, and paragraphs 12(1) and (3) of Schedule 5B to, the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009(5) and sections 18(1) and 21(3) of the Recall of MPs Act 2015(6).

The Secretary of State has consulted the Electoral Commission in accordance with paragraph 16(5) of Schedule 4B to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, section 52ZQ(6) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, section 9HE(4) of the Local Government Act 2000, section 7(1) and (2)(e) and (k) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000(7), and paragraph 12(4) of Schedule 5B to the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.

A draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament in accordance with section 201(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983(8), section 333(3A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(9), section 52ZQ(7) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, section 105(6) of the Local Government Act 2000, section 117(2) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009(10) and sections 18(8) and 21(6)(a) of the Recall of MPs Act 2015.

(1)

1983 c. 2. Section 201(3) was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) and amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). See section 202(1) for the meaning of “prescribed” in rule 28(3) of Schedule 1. Rule 28(3) was amended by paragraph 70(3) of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) and rule 28(3A) was inserted by paragraph 14(3) of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006.

(2)

1990 c. 8. Schedule 4B was inserted by Schedule 10 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) and paragraph 16 was amended by S.I. 2013/2597, 2021/1265.

(3)

1992 c. 14. Section 52ZQ was inserted by Schedule 5 to the Localism Act 2011 and amended by S.I. 2021/1265. Section 113(1) and (2) was amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1999 (c. 27), by paragraph 52 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), by section 80 of the Localism Act 2011 and by S.I. 2013/2597, 2015/1376, 2016/997, 2021/1265.

(4)

2000 c. 22. Sections 9HE and 9MG were inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Localism Act 2011 and were amended by S.I. 2013/2597, 2015/1376, 2021/1265. Section 105 was amended by paragraph 14 of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Act 2003, by paragraph 70 of Schedule 3, and paragraph 52 of Schedule 4, to the Localism Act 2011 and by S.I. 2018/644, 2021/1265.

(5)

2009 c. 20. Section 114 was amended by paragraph 26 of Schedule 5 to, and Schedule 5B was inserted by Schedule 1 to, the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 (c. 1). Paragraph 12 of Schedule 5B was amended by S.I. 2021/1265.

(6)

2015 c. 25. See section 22 (as amended by S.I. 2016/997) for the definition of “the Minister”.

(7)

2000 c. 41. Section 7(2)(k) was inserted by paragraph 3(6) of Schedule 6 to the Recall of MPs Act 2015.

(8)

Section 201(2) was substituted by paragraph 69 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50) and was amended by paragraph 6(1) and (7)(b) of Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41), by section 13(2) of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c. 13), by paragraph 1(9)(a) of Schedule 8 to the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37) and by S.I. 1991/1728.

(9)

Section 333(3A) was inserted by paragraph 22(3) of Schedule 12 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).

(10)

Section 117(2) was substituted by section 13(2) of the Localism Act 2011.