Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014

14 Registration as an elector: abolition of 3 month residence requirement U.K.

(1) The following provisions (which impose or relate to the requirement that persons registering as electors in Northern Ireland must have been resident there for three months) are repealed or revoked—

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

(i) section 4(2);

(ii) section 7B(5);

(iii) section 7C(1)(b) (and the “and” before it);

(iv) section 10(4A)(c)(ii) (but not the “and” after it);

(v) section 10A(1A)(c)(ii) (but not the “and” after it);

(vi) section 13A(2A)(c)(ii) (but not the “and” after it);

(vii) section 14(2);

(viii) section 17(1)(b) (but not the “and” after it);

(b) in the European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1184)—

(i) regulation 4(2);

(ii) regulation 6(1)(c);

(c) in the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1741), regulation 25(6).

(2) In consequence of the amendments made by subsection (1)—

(a) in the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989, in Schedule 1—

(i) in Part 1, for “Section 4(2)” substitute “ Section 4(3) ”;

(ii) in Part 2, omit paragraph 7(1);

(b) in the Representation of the People Act 2000, omit paragraph 7 of Schedule 1.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 14 in force at 1.10.2014 by S.I. 2014/2613, art. 2(2)(a)