Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 U.K. Absent voting in the referendum

PART 2 N.I. Northern Ireland

Interpretation N.I.

12 N.I. In this Part of this Schedule—

• “European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations” means the European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1267);

• “Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order” means the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/454);

• “peer” means a peer who is a member of the House of Lords;

• “relevant register” means—

  (a)

  a register of parliamentary electors, or

  (b)

  in relation to a peer—

  (i)

  a register of local government electors, or

  (ii)

  a register of peers maintained under section 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (peers resident outside the United Kingdom);

• “the 2008 regulations” means the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1741) as applied by Schedule 4;

• “the 1985 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1985.