those who, on the day appointed under paragraph 3 below for the election, would be entitled to vote as electors at a parliamentary election in a parliamentary constituency wholly or partly comprised in the F6European Parliamentary constituency (excluding any person not registered in the register of parliamentary electors at an address within the F6European Parliamentary constituency); and

peers who, on that day, would be entitled to vote at a local government election in an electoral area wholly or partly comprised in the F6European Parliamentary constituency (excluding any peer not registered at an address within the F6European Parliamentary constituency for the purposes of local government elections).

capable of being given so as to indicate the voter’s order of preference for the candidates for election as representatives for the constituency; and

as to the conduct of F6European Parliamentary elections F7(including the registration of electors and the limitation of candidates’ election expenses); and

as to the questioning of such an election and the consequences of irregularities.

about the limitation of election expenses F9of candidates;

for the allocation of seats in the case of an equality of votes;

for securing that no person stands for election more than once at a general election.

apply, with such modifications or exceptions as may be specified in the regulations, any provision of the Representation of the People Acts or of any other enactment relating to parliamentary elections or local government elections, and any provision made under any enactment;

amend any form contained in regulations made under the Representation of the People Acts so far as may be necessary to enable it to be used both for the purpose indicated in regulations so made and for the corresponding purpose in relation to F6European Parliamentary elections;

so far as may be necessary in consequence of any provision made by or under this Act, amend any provision made by or under any enactment relating to the registration of parliamentary electors or local government electors.

include provision requiring a by-election to be held in specified circumstances (and provision modifying section 3 in its application to by-elections);

require a seat last filled from a party’s list of candidates to be filled, in specified circumstances, from such a list (without a by-election).

the poll shall take place on a day, appointed by order of the Secretary of State, within such period as may be specified in the regulations, but

the regulations may enable the Secretary of State to decline to appoint a day in certain circumstances.

in the case of Northern Ireland, the Chief Electoral Officer.

in the case of England and Wales, acting returning officers, or

in the case of Scotland, returning officers.

a district or London borough in England,

a county or county borough in Wales, and

a local government area in Scotland.

he is disqualified, whether under the M3House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 or otherwise, for membership of the House of Commons; or

he is a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.

that he is a peer, whether of the United Kingdom, Great Britain, England or Scotland; or

that he is a Lord Spiritual; or

that he holds an office mentioned in section 4 of the M5House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (stewardship of Chiltern Hundreds etc.); or

that he holds any of the offices for the time being described in Part II or Part III of Schedule 1 to the M6House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 which are for the time being designated in an order by the Secretary of State as nondisqualifying offices in relation to the Assembly.

that he is disqualified under section 3 of the Act of Settlement F22(disqualification for membership of either House of Parliament of persons born out of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the dominions thereunto belonging except those who are Commonwealth citizens or citizens of the Republic of Ireland), provided that he is a citizen of the Union, determined in accordance with article 8.1 of the Treaty establishing the European Community (as amended by Title II of the Treaty on European Union), who is resident in the United Kingdom.

section 3 F24or 3A, or

regulations made in accordance with paragraph 3(1),

section 3 F24or 3A, or

regulations made in accordance with paragraph 3(1),

is disqualified, or

was disqualified at the time when, or at some time since, he was returned as an MEP under section 3 F27or 3A or under regulations made in accordance with paragraph 3(1).