Representation of the People Act 1983

Section 206.

SCHEDULE 8 U.K. Consequential Amendments Acts

M1 Public Meeting Act 1908 U.K.

Marginal Citations

M1 1908, 8 Edw. 7 c. 66.

1 U.K. After subsection (3) of section 1 of the Public Meeting Act 1908 insert the following subsection—

“(4) This section does not apply as respects meetings to which section 97 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 applies.”

M2 City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957 U.K.

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M2 1957, 5 & 6 Eliz. 2 c. x.

2 U.K. In section 4 of the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957—

(a) in subsection (1) for “”Act of 1949”’ substitute “ ”Act of 1983 ”’, and for “Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “ Representation of the People Act 1983 ”;

(b) in subsection (1), for “set out in the Second Schedule to the Act of 1949” substitute “ made by the Secretary of State under section 36 of the Act of 1983 ”;

(c) in subsection (2), for “Act of 1949” substitute “ Representation of thePeople Act 1949 ”.

3 U.K. In section 8 of the M3 City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) for “Act of 1949” substitute “ Act of 1983 ” and for “section 167” substitute “ sections 191 to 196 ”;

(ii) for the words after “apply to and in respect of ward elections” to the end substitute the words—

“section 3 (disfranchisement of offenders in prison, etc.);

section 6 (residence: merchant seaman);

sections 14(1) and 15 to 17 (service qualifications and declarations for registration);

F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .;

section 46 (further provision as to local election voting);

section 59 (supplemental provisions as to members of forces and service voters).”

F2 (b), (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) in subsection (4), for “Act of 1949” substitute “ Act of 1983 ” and for “rule 21 of the local elections rules” substitute “ rule 20 of the M4 Local Elections (Principal Areas) Rules 1973 ”;

(e) in subsection (5), for “Act of 1949” substitute “ Act of 1983 ”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 28, Sch. 5

F2 Sch. 8 para. 3(b)(c) repealed by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 28, Sch. 5

Marginal Citations

M3 1957, 5 & 6 Eliz. 2 c.x.

M4 S.I. 1973/79.

4 U.K. In section 9(4) of the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957 for “Act of 1949” substitute “ Act of 1983 ”.

M5 City of London (Various Powers) Act 1960 U.K.

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M5 1960, 8 & 9 Eliz. 2 c. xxxvi.

5 U.K. In section 39 of the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1960—

(a) in paragraph (b) of subsection (1), for “Representation of the M6 People Act 1949” substitute “ Representation of the People Act 1983 ”;

(b) in subsection (2), for “Act of 1949” substitute “ Act of 1983 ”.

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M6 1949 c. 68

M7 London Government Act 1963 U.K.

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M7 1963 c. 33.

6 U.K. In Schedule 3 to the London Government Act 1963—

(b) in paragraph 22 of Part II, for “Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “ Representation of the People Act 1983 ”;

(b) in paragraph 23 of Part II, for “said Acts of 1949” substitute “ Representation of the People Act 1983 ”.

M8 Licensing Act 1964 U.K.

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M8 1964 c. 26.

7 In section 12(2) of the Licensing Act 1964 for “section 146(6) of the Representation of the M9 People Act 1949” substitute “ section 168(7) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 ”.

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M9 1949 c. 68.

8 In section 67(5) of the Licensing Act 1964 for “Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “ Representation of the People Act 1983 ”, and—

(a) in paragraph (a) of that subsection, for “section 47, section 48”substitute “ section 60, section 61 ”, and for “section 52” substitute “ section 65 ”;

(b) in paragraph (b) of that subsection, for “section 53” substitute “ section 66 ”;

(c) in paragraph (c) of that subsection, for “sections 99 to 101” substitute “ sections 113 to 115 ”;

(d) in paragraph (d) of that subsection, for “sections 146 to 148 and 151”substitute “ sections 168 to 170 and 173 ”;

(e) in paragraph (i) of that subsection, for “section 53” substitute “ section66 ”; and

(f) in paragraph (ii) of that subsection, for “section 99” substitute “ section 113 ”.

9 In section 67(6) of the Licensing Act 1964—

(a) for “sections 147 and 151 of the Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “ sections 169 and 173 of the Representation of the People Act 1983) ” and

(b) for “section 151” substitute “ section 173 ”.

10 In Schedule 8 to the Licensing Act 1964—

(a) In paragraph 1, for “section 42 of the M10 Local Government Act 1972”substitute “ section 36 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 ”;

(b) in paragraph 5

(i) for “section 42 of the Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “ section 53 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 ”;

(ii) for “section 53(4) of the Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “ section 66(4) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 ”.

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M10 1972 c. 70.

M11 Post Office Act 1969 U.K.

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M11 1969 c. 48.

11 In section 72(1) of the Post Office Act 1969 for “Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “Representation of the People Act 1983”.

Local Government Act 1972 U.K.

12 U.K. In the following provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 for “Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “ Representation of the People Act 1983 ”—sections 6(1), 9(5), 11(3)(b), 16(2), 25(1), 28(2), 29(3)(b), 35(1), 80(1)(e), 86(b) and Schedule 2, paragraph 6(1).

13 U.K. In section 89(6) of the M12 Local Government Act 1972 for “section 42 above” substitute “ section 36 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 ”.

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M12 1972 c. 70.

14 U.K. In paragraphs 18(5) and 34(5) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 for “section 42 above and of the enactments mentioned in section 165(1) of the Representation of the M13 People Act 1949” substitute “ section 36 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and of the enactments mentioned in section 187(1) of that Act ”.

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M13 1949 c. 68.

M14 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 U.K.

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M14 1973 c. 65.

15 U.K. In the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973—

(a) in section 4(1), for “Act of 1949” substitute “ Representation of the People Act 1983 ”;

(b) in paragraph (d) of section 31(1), for “Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “ Representation of the People Act 1983 ”.

F3 16 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 8 para. 16 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XI

M15 Juries Act 1974 U.K.

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M15 1974 c. 23.

17 U.K. In section 3(1) of the Juries Act 1974, for “Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “ Representation of the People Act 1983 ”.

M16 House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 U.K.

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M16 1975 c. 24.

18 U.K. In section 6(3) of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, for “section 124(5) of the Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “ section 144(7) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 ”.

19 For section 10 of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 substitute—

“10 Saving as to disqualification of priests in holy orders etc.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the enactments relating to the disqualification for membership of the House of Commons of priests in holy orders or ministers of any religious denomination.”

20 U.K. In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975—

(a) for the reference to “Registration Officer appointed under Part IIIof the Local Government Act 1972” substitute “ Registration Officer appointed under section 8(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 ”;

(b) for the reference to “Returning Officer under section 17(2) of the Representation of the M17 People Act 1949 and any Deputy Returning Officer appointed by him” substitute “ Returning Officer under section 25(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and any Deputy Returning Officer appointed by him. ”

Marginal Citations

M17 1949 c. 68.

[F4 M18 European Parliamentary] Elections Act 1978 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words substituted retrospectively by virtue of European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58, SIF 29:5), s. 3(1)(b)(3)

Marginal Citations

M18 1978 c. 10.

21 In section 4(2) of the [F5 European Parliamentary] Elections Act 1978—

(a) for “Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “Representation of the People Act 1983”;

(b) for “section 48(2)” substitute “section 61(2)”;

(c) for “section 48(7)” substitute “section 61(7)”; and

(d) for “section 155” substitute “section 178”.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words substituted retrospectively by virtue of European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58, SIF 29:5), s. 3(1)(b)(3)

22 In paragraph (b) of section 7(2) of the [F6 European Parliamentary] Elections Act 1978 for “section 43(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “section 54(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983”.

Textual Amendments

F6 Words substituted retrospectively by virtue of European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58, SIF 29:5), s. 3(1)(b)(3)

23 In paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 1 to the [F7 European Parliamentary] Elections Act 1978, for “section 6 of the M19 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973” substitute “section 41 of the Representation of the People Act 1983”.

Textual Amendments

F7 Words substituted retrospectively by virtue of European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58, SIF 29:5), s. 3(1)(b)(3)

Marginal Citations

M19 1973 c. 65.

M20 Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 U.K.

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M20 1978 c. 23.

24 U.K. In paragraph (h) of section 35(2) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, for “sections 107 to 136 of the Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “ sections 120 to 156 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 ”.

25 U.K. In section 108(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 for “section 110 of the Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “ section 123 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 ”.

M21 Supreme Court Act 1981 U.K.

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M21 1981 c. 54.

26 In section 142(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981, for “Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “ Representation of the People Act 1983 ”.

M22 Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 U.K.

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M22 1982 c. 51.

F8 27 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Order

Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 8 para. 27 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIII

M23 Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 U.K.

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M23 S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8).

28 U.K. In Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, in paragraph 5 of Part II, for “Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “ Representation of the People Act 1983 ”.