Part V General and Supplemental

Operation

206 Transitional and saving provisions, amendments and repeals.

In Schedule 7 to this Act—

a

Part I has effect as to its transitional and saving provisions, and

b

Part II has effect as to its provisions relating to the interpretation of other Acts,

and subject to that Schedule—

i

the enactments and order specified in Schedule 8 to this Act have effect subject to the amendments consequent on this Act specified in that Schedule; and

ii

the enactments and orders specified in Schedule 9 to this Act (of which those in Part I are obsolete) are repealed or revoked to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

207 Citation and commencement.

1

This Act may be cited as the Representation of the People Act 1983, and is included among the Acts which may be cited as the Representation of the People Acts.

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This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.