Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985

1985 c. 2

C1 C2 C3 C4An Act to make further provision for preventing personation at elections in Northern Ireland.

[24th January 1985.]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—C5

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Act modified by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 20(2)(b)

Act amended by S.I. 1986/1091, regs. 2, 51(6)

Act amended (prosp.) by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 10, Sch. 1 para. 24

Act: power to amend conferred (1.1.2007) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 72, 77; S.I. 2006/3412, art. 3, Sch. 1(subject to art. 6) (with Sch. 2)

Act: functions cease to be exercisable concurrently (8.12.2021) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), arts. 1(2), 9, Sch. 1(b) (with arts. 11, 12)