Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 1406
Police, England And Wales
Representation Of The People
The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Made
18th December 2023
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) to (5)
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by the provisions specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
The Secretary of State has consulted—
(a)the Electoral Commission, in accordance with section 53(5)(a) of the Representation of the People Act 1983(1) and section 7(1) and (2)(c), (hc) and (k) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000(2), and
(b)the Information Commissioner and such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate, in accordance with section 53(5)(b) and (c) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.
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(3), section 154(2)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011(4), sections 18(8) and 21(6) of the Recall of MPs Act 2015(5) and paragraph 13(4) of Schedule 8 to the Elections Act 2022(6).
1983 c. 2. Section 53(5) was inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6).
2000 c. 41. Section 7(2)(hc) was inserted by paragraph 11 of Schedule 10 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13). Section 7(2)(k) was inserted by paragraph 3(6) of Schedule 6 to the Recall of MPs Act 2015 (c. 25).
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, 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.