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Chapter | Short title | Extent of repeal |
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12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6 c. 68. | The Representation of the People Act 1949. | The whole Act, so far as unrepealed. |
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6 c. 86. | The Electoral Registers Act 1949. | The whole Act. |
2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 8. | The Electoral Registers Act 1953. | The whole Act. |
6 & 7 Eliz. 2 c. 55. | The Local Government Act 1958. | In Schedule 8, paragraph 31(2) to (4). |
6 & 7 Eliz. 2 c. 64. | The Local Government and Miscellaneous Financial Provisions (Scotland) Act 1958. | In Part I of Schedule 4, paragraph 16(2). |
1961 c. xxviii. | The City of London (Various Powers) Act 1961. | Section 44. |
1963 c. 33. | The London Government Act 1963. | In Schedule 3— |
(a) in Part I, paragraph 16; | ||
(b) in Part III, paragraphs 27, 31 to 33 and 35. | ||
1964 c. 31. | The Elections (Welsh Forms) Act 1964. | The whole Act. |
1968 c. 64. | The Civil Evidence Act 1968. | In the Schedule, the entry relating to the Representation of the People Act 1949. |
1969 c. 15. | The Representation of the People Act 1969. | The whole Act. |
1969 c. 48. | The Post Office Act 1969. | In Part II of Schedule 4, paragraph 47. |
1971 c. 23. | The Courts Act 1971. | In Part II of Schedule 8, paragraph 30. |
1971 c. 36. (N.I.). | The Civil Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1971. | In the Schedule, the entry relating to the Representation of the People Act 1949. |
1972 c. 70. | The Local Government Act 1972. | Part III |
In section 243— | ||
(a) in subsection (2), the words “section 42 above or”; | ||
(b) in subsection (4), the words “section 44(1) or”. | ||
Schedule 6. | ||
1973 c. 65. | The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. | Sections 6 to 10. |
In Schedule 3, paragraphs 2 to 18, and 20 to 23. | ||
1974 c. 23. | The Juries Act 1974. | Section 3(3). |
1975 c. 21. | The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975. | In Schedule 7A, item 6. |
1975 c. 24. | The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975. | Section 10(1). |
1976 c. 29. | The Representation of the People (Armed Forces) Act 1976. | The whole Act. |
1976 c. 52. | The Armed Forces Act 1976. | In Schedule 9, paragraph 19. |
1976 c. 63. | The Bail Act 1976 | In Schedule 2, paragraph 12. |
1977 c. 9. | The Representation of the People Act 1977. | The whole Act. |
1977 c. 14. | The Returning Officers (Scotland) Act 1977. | The whole Act. |
1977 c. 45. | The Criminal Law Act 1977. | In Schedule 1, item 9. |
In Schedule 12, the entry relating to the Representation of the People Act 1949. | ||
1978 c. 4. | The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1978. | In the Schedule, paragraph 2. |
1978 c. 23. | The Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978. | In Part II of Schedule 5, the entry relating to the Representation of the People Act 1949. |
1978 c. 32. | The Representation of the People Act 1978. | The whole Act. |
1979 c. 31. | The Prosecution of Offences Act 1979. | In Schedule 1, the entry relating to the Representation of the People Act 1949. |
1980 c. 3. | The Representation of the People Act 1980. | The whole Act. |
1981 c. 34. | The Representation of the People Act 1981. | Section 3 and the Schedule. |
1982 c. 51. | The Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 | Section 62. |
Section 69(5). | ||
In section 70(2) the words— | ||
(a) “62 and”; | ||
(b) “and Schedule 2 to this Act”. | ||
Schedule 2. |
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