The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006

Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 and subject to paragraphs (2) to (4) shall come into force on 1 January 2007.

(2) The regulations specified in paragraph (3) shall not have effect in relation to any election for which the date of the poll specified in the notice of election issued in relation to that election is on or before 2 May 2007.

(3) The regulations referred to in paragraph (2) are—

(a)regulations 24 to 30;

(b)regulation 31(2);

(c)regulations 36 to 41;

(d)regulations 45 to 60; and

(e)regulations 62 to 66.

(4) Regulation 61 shall come into force on the fourteenth day after these Regulations are made.

(5) In the following provisions of these Regulations, unless otherwise stated, any reference to a numbered regulation or schedule is a reference to the regulation or schedule bearing that number in the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001(1).

(6) These Regulations do not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.