The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020

Preamble

SCHEDULE Enabling powers

The provisions referred to in the preamble are—

(a) sections 9A(3), 10A(7), 53(1)(c) and (3) and 201(3) of, and paragraphs 1A and 8C of Schedule 2 to, the Representation of the People Act 1983(1);

(b) sections 8 and 9(6) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(2);

(c) sections 18(1)(a) and (3)(f) and 21(3) of the Recall of MPs Act 2015(3).

(1)

1983 c. 2. Section 9A was inserted by section 9(1) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) and extended to Northern Ireland by section 18(1)(a) of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c. 13) (“the 2014 Act”); section 10A was inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) (“the 2000 Act”) and subsections (1) and (6) were amended by paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 4 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6) (“the 2013 Act”); section 53 was amended by paragraph 13 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50) and paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act; section 201(3) was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act; paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 2013 Act, amended by section 20(2) of the 2014 Act, and amended by paragraph 18(2) of Schedule 19 to the Data Protection Act 2019 (c. 12) (“the 2019 Act”); and paragraph 8C of Schedule 2 was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2013 Act, amended by section 20(2) of the 2014 Act and amended by paragraph 18(1) of Schedule 19 to the 2019 Act. See section 202(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) for the meaning of “prescribed”.

(2)

2000 c. 7.

(3)

2015 c. 25.