SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Application and modification of Representation of the People Act 1983

Part II Modifications

Specific

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(1)

In section 4(2)—

(a)

for “parliamentary electors for any constituency” substitute “local electors for any district electoral area”; and

(b)

for “subsection (1) above,” substitute “subsection (3) below,”.

(2)

In section 4(4)(a), the reference to any enactment includes an enactment comprised in Northern Ireland legislation.

F27A

In section 7B references to the United Kingdom are to be read as references to Northern Ireland.

8

In section 9, for subsection (1)(b) there is substituted—

“(b)

a register of local electors for each district.”

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12

In section 49—

(a)

in subsection (2), in paragraph (b) the reference to a local government area is to be read as a reference to a district and at the end of that subsection there is inserted—

“(c)

whether or not a person registered as an elector in a district was during the whole of the period of three months ending on the qualifying date resident in Northern Ireland”, and

(b)

in subsection (5) “or entered in the list of proxies” is omitted.

13

In section 50, for paragraph (c) there is substituted—

“(c)

in any list, notice or other document required for the purposes of this Part of this Act”.

14

In section 53—

F7(a)

in subsection (1)(a) omit the words from “and any special lists” to the end,

(b)

for subsection (1)(b) substitute—

“(b)

with respect to—

(i)

the procedure to be followed in the preparation of the register, and

(ii)

the place and manner of its publication; and;”.

(c)

in subsection (1)(c) “or to voting by post or proxy” is omitted.

15

In section 54, in subsections (3) and (4) paragraph (a) is omitted.

16

In section 56—

(a)

subsection (1)(b), and

(b)

in subsection (4) the words from the beginning to “and”,

are omitted.

17

In section 59, in subsection (3)(a) the words from “and of” to the end are omitted.

18

In Schedule 2—

(a)

in paragraph 5(2) “or with his appointment as a proxy”,

(b)

paragraph 5A, and

(c)

in paragraph 13(1)(a) “or paragraph 2”,

are omitted.