4. After regulation 14 (registration of European Parliamentary overseas electors) there shall be inserted the following regulation:
14A. This Part, Part II and Part III of these Regulations shall apply to the registration of relevant citizens of the Union as European Parliamentary electors under the Regulations of 1994 as they apply to the registration of Commonwealth citizens and citizens of the Republic of Ireland as parliamentary and local government electors; and for these purposes provisions in this Part and Parts II and III shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have effect as if —
(a)any reference to a parliamentary elector is a reference to a European Parliamentary elector;
(b)any reference to a register includes the register kept under regulation 9 of the Regulations of 1994 and any reference to electors lists includes electors lists in respect of such a register;
(c)any reference to service qualification is to the qualification as set out in regulation 13(1) of the Regulations of 1994;
(d)any reference to a provision of the Act of 1983 which is applied by Part III of the Regulations of 1994 is a reference to that provision as so applied; and
(e)any reference to the qualifying date shall be construed in accordance with regulation 7(3) of the Regulations of 1994.”.