8.—(1) The officer who—
(a)under subsection (2), (3) or (4) of section 8 of the Act of 1983 is the registration officer for any of the areas therein referred to for the purposes of parliamentary elections,
(b)under the provision substituted by the Schedule to the Isles of Scilly Order 1978(1) is the registration officer for the Isles of Scilly for those purposes,
shall be the registration officer for the area in question for the purposes of the registration of relevant citizens of the Union as European Parliamentary electors.
(2) Sections 52 (discharge of registration duties) and 54 (payment of expenses of registration)(2) of the Act of 1983 shall apply for the purposes of the registration of relevant citizens of the Union as European Parliamentary electors as they apply for the purposes of a registration officer’s functions under that Act.
(3) Section 63 of the Act of 1983 (breach of official duty)(3) shall apply to registration officers, their deputies and the other persons mentioned in subsection (3)(e) of that section in connection with the registration of relevant citizens of the Union as European Parliamentary electors as it applies to such officers, deputies and persons in connection with the registration of parliamentary and local government electors and the meaning of “official duty” in section 63(3) shall be construed accordingly.
Sections 52 and 54 have been amended and, in part, repealed by Schedules 4 and 5 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50).
Section 63 has been substituted by Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985.