The European Parliamentary Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Representatives) Regulations 1994

Amendments about electors to European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1986

15.—(1) In regulation 4 of the European Regulations (interpretation of those Regulations and of provisions applied by them)—

(a) in the definition of “elector”, the word “either” shall be omitted and for the words “or section 3 of the Act of 1985” there shall be substituted “, section 3 of the Act of 1985 or regulation 7 of the Regulations of 1994”; and

(b) in the definition of “register”, after paragraph (b), there shall be added—

“and

(c)

a register under regulation 9 of the Regulations of 1994”.

(2) In regulation 5(11) of the European Regulations (references to proxy papers) after the words “proxy for” there shall be inserted “a relevant citizen of the Union registered as a European Parliamentary elector or”.

(3) There shall be inserted the following modification of section 49 of the Act of 1983(1) (effect of registers), as applied by the left-hand column of Schedule 1 to the European Regulations (application with modifications of provisions of the Representation of the People Acts 1983 and 1985 for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections), in the right-hand column of that Schedule:

“In subsection (5), for the words “Republic of Ireland”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted “Union”.”.

(4) There shall be inserted the following modification of section 8 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (proxies at elections), as applied by the left-hand column of Schedule 1 to the European Regulations, before the existing modification in the right-hand column of that Schedule:

“In subsection (3)(b) for the words “Republic of Ireland” there shall be substituted “Union”.”.

(5) In Part II of Schedule 4 to the European Regulations—

(a) in the heading, for the words after “FOR A PROXY” there shall be substituted “FOR AN ELECTOR AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ONLY”;

(b) in the form, after the word “who” there shall be inserted “*is qualified to be registered as a European Parliamentary elector for (Qualifying address) ... ... ... ...*”; and

(c) in note 3 of the notes to that form, for the words “the Republic of Ireland” there shall be substituted “a Member State of the European Communities”.

(1)

Section 49 has been amended, and repealed in part, by section 4(4) of, and Schedules 4 and 5 to, the Representation of the People Act 1985.