The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024

Preamble

Schedule Enabling powers

1.  These Regulations are made under the following powers—

(a) the following provisions in the Representation of the People Act 1983—

(i) sections 9(2)(b)(1), 9B(1A)(2), 10A(1)(a)(3), 13A(2)(4), 13BA(3)(5), 13BC(2)(d)(6), 53(1)(a), (ba) and (c)(7) and 201(3)(8), and

(ii) in Schedule 2, paragraphs 1(2)(9) and (2A)(10), 1A(1)(11), 2A(12), 3ZB(1)(13), 3A(1), (3) and (5)(14), 3B(15), 4(1) to (3)(16), 5(1A) and (1AA)(17), 8(18), 8C(1)(a)(19) and 13(2);

(b) sections 1C(1)(f) and 1E(1)(e) of the Representation of the People Act 1985(20);

(c) section 34(4) and (6) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998(21);

(d) sections 58(1) and 154(5) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011(22);

(e) sections 18(1) and 21(3) of the Recall of MPs Act 2015(23).

(1)

Section 9(2) was amended by paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 4 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6). See section 202(1) for the meaning of “prescribed” in sections 9(2)(b), 9B(1A), 10A(1)(a), 13A(2), 13BA(3) and 13BC(2)(d).

(2)

Section 9B was inserted by section 10(1) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) and extended to Northern Ireland by S.I. 2014/1116. Sub-section (1A) was substituted by paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 4 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013.

(3)

Section 10A was inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2). Sub-section (1) was amended by paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 4 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013.

(4)

Section 13A was substituted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2). Subsection (2) was amended by paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006.

(5)

Section 13BA was inserted by section 6(2) of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33).

(6)

Section 13BC was inserted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the Recall of MPs Act 2015 (c. 25).

(7)

Subsection (1) of section 53 was amended by paragraph 37 of Schedule 7 to the Representation of the People Act 2000. Subsection (1A) was inserted by para (1)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37).

(8)

Section 201(3) was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 and amended by paragraph 6(7)(d) of Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41).

(9)

Paragraph 1(2) was amended by paragraph 24(2) of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 and by paragraph 20(2)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013.

(10)

Sub-paragraph (2A) was inserted by paragraph 2(2) of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 and amended by paragraph 3(2)(a) to (c) of Schedule 2 to the Elections Act 2022.

(11)

Paragraph 1A was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013. Sub-paragraph (1) was amended by section 20(2)(b) of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c. 13) and paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 2 to the Elections Act 2022.

(12)

Paragraph 2A was inserted by section 5 of the Representation of the People Act 1989 (c. 28) and was amended by paragraph 24(4) of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000.

(13)

Paragraph 3ZB was inserted by paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 7 to the Elections Act 2022.

(14)

Section 3A was substituted by paragraph 6 to Schedule 2 to the Elections Act 2022.

(15)

Section 3B was inserted by paragraph 15(4) of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006.

(16)

Paragraphs 4(2) was inserted by section 4 of the Representation of the People Act 1985. Paragraph 4(3) was inserted by paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 7 to the Elections Act 2022.

(17)

Paragraph 5(1A) was inserted by section 4 of the Representation of the People Act 1985. Paragraph 5(1AA) was inserted by paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 7 to the Elections Act 2022.

(18)

Paragraph 8 was substituted by paragraph 85 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985.

(19)

Paragraph 8C was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 and sub-paragraph (1) was amended by section 20(2)(c)(i) of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 and by paragraph 10(a) of Schedule 2 to the Elections Act 2022.

(20)

Sections 1C, 1D and 1E were substituted by section 14(1) of the Elections Act 2022. See section 202(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as read with section 27(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, for the meaning of “prescribed”.

(21)

1998 c. 47.

(22)

2011 c. 13. Section 58(1) was amended by S.I. 2021/1265. Section 154(5) was amended by S.I. 2014/268 and 2021/1265.

(23)

2015 c. 25. See section 22(1) for the meaning of “the Minister”.