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Section 2.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 1 applied (9.7.2003) by The Local and European Parliamentary Elections (Registration of Citizens of Accession States) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1557), reg. 4 (subject to reg. 2)
Section 3(1) and (2) (disfranchisement of offenders in prison, etc.).
[F1Section 3A(1) and (4) to (7) (disfranchisement of offenders detained in mental hospitals).]
Textual Amendments
F1Entries in Sch. 1 Pt. I inserted (29.1.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8, Sch. 3 para. 3(2)(7)(8); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2)
[F2Section 4(2) to (6) (entitlement to be registered).]
Textual Amendments
F2Entries in Sch. 1 Pt. I substituted (29.1.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8, Sch. 3 para. 3(3)-(6); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2)
[F2Sections 5 and 6 (residence (general) and residence of merchant seamen).
Sections 7 to 7C (residence of mental patients, and of persons remanded in custody, and declarations of local connection).]
[F2Sections 9, 10, [F310ZA, 10ZB,] 10A [F4, 13 [F5, 13A, 13BA] and 13D ] (preparation, publication and alteration of registers [F6and related offences] ).]
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 inserted (1.12.2006) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), s. 30(1), Sch. 4 para. 7(2)(a); S.I. 2006/2688, art. 3(2)(c)
F4Words in entry in Sch. 1 Pt. I substituted (1.9.2002) by Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 13), s. 7(2)(a); S.I. 2002/1648, art. 3
F5Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 substituted (14.5.2008) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), s. 30(1), Sch. 4 para. 7(2)(b); S.I. 2008/1318, art. 2(2)(b)
F6Words in entry in Sch. 1 Pt. I inserted (1.9.2002) by Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 13), s. 7(2)(b); S.I. 2002/1648, art. 3
Sections 14 to 17 (service qualifications and service declarations).
Sections 49 and 50 (effect of registers and of misdescription).
[F2Section 53 and, in Schedule 2, paragraphs 1(2) to (5), 3, 3A, 4 to 11A and 13 (regulations as to registration).]
Section 54(2) to (4) (expenses of registration).
[F7Section 58 (registration appeals: Northern Ireland).]
Textual Amendments
F7Sch. 1 Pt. 1: entry substituted (14.5.2008) for entries by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), ss. 10(2), 30(1), 31, Sch. 4 para. 7(3); S.I. 2008/1318, art. 2(2)(b)
Section 59 (supplemental provisions as to members of forces, etc.).
Section 62 (offences as to declarations).
[F1Section 180A (evidence by certificate of electoral registration).]
Section 201 (regulations) and, in section 202(1), [F8the definitions of “dwelling”, “prescribed” and “qualifying address”].
Textual Amendments
F8Words in entry in Sch. 1 Pt. I substituted (29.1.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8, Sch. 3 para. 3(9); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2)
1N.I.References to local government elections are to be read as references to local elections.
2N.I.References to section 2 (local government electors in Great Britain) are to be read as references to section 1 of this Act and references to Part I (Parliamentary and local government franchise and its exercise) include section 1 of this Act.
3N.I.References to the registration officer are to be read as references to the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.
4N.I.References to local government electors are to be read as references to local electors.
5N.I.References to legal incapacity are to legal incapacity within the meaning of this Act.
6N.I.References to any other provision mentioned in Part I of this Schedule are to that provision as modified by this Part.
[F97(1)In section 4(2)—N.I.
(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.]
Textual Amendments
F9Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 7, 7A substituted for para. 7 (29.1.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8, Sch. 3 para. 4(2); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2)
[F107AN.I.In section 7B references to the United Kingdom are to be read as references to Northern Ireland.]
Textual Amendments
F10Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 7, 7A substituted for para. 7 (29.1.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8, Sch. 3 para. 4(2); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2)
8N.I.In section 9, for subsection (1)(b) there is substituted—
“(b)a register of local electors for each district.”
Prospective
F118AN.I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F11Sch. 1 para. 8A omitted (1.10.2014) by virtue of Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c. 13), ss. 16(2)(a), 28; S.I. 2014/2613, art. 2(2)(c)
F129N.I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F12Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 9-11 repealed (29.1.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, ss. 8, 15, Sch. 3 para. 4(3), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2)
F1310N.I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F13Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 9-11 repealed (29.1.2001 for specifed purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, ss. 8, 15, Sch. 3 para. 4(3), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2)
F1411N.I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F14Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 9-11 repealed (29.1.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, ss. 8, 15, Sch. 3 para. 4(3), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2)
12N.I.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.
13N.I.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”.
14N.I.In section 53—
[F15(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.
Textual Amendments
F15Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 14(a)(b) substituted (29.1.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8, Sch. 3 para. 4(4); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2)
15N.I.In section 54, in subsections (3) and (4) paragraph (a) is omitted.
[F1616N.I.In section 58, omit subsection (1)(c) and after subsection (2) insert—
“(2A)No appeal lies from the decision of the Court of Appeal on appeal from a decision of the county court under this section.”.]
Textual Amendments
F16Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 16 substituted (14.5.2008) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), ss. 10(2), 30(1), 31, Sch. 4 para. 7(5); S.I. 2008/1318, art. 2
17N.I.In section 59, in subsection (3)(a) the words from “and of” to the end are omitted.
18N.I.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.
Sections 3, 4 and 5.
I declare that, if elected, I will not by word or deed express support for or approval of—
(a)any organisation that is for the time being a proscribed organisation specified in [F17Schedule 2 to the Terrorism Act 2000]; or
(b)acts of terrorism (that is to say, violence for political ends) connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland.
Textual Amendments
F17Words in Sch. 2 Pt. I substituted (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, s. 125, Sch. 15 para. 7(3); S.I. 2001/421, art. 2
Textual Amendments
F18Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 substituted (1.4.2010) by The Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1178), arts. 1(2), 5(9)
I, (name in full) , of (home address in full) declare that, if I am [F18returned] to be a councillor for the District of (name of district) , I will not by word or deed express support for or approval of—
(a)any organisation that is for the time being a proscribed organisation specified in [F19Schedule 2 to the Terrorism Act 2000]; or
(b)acts of terrorism (that is to say, violence for political ends) connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland.
Signed
Date
Textual Amendments
F19Words in Sch. 2 Pt. II substituted (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, s. 125, Sch. 15 para. 7(3); S.I. 2001/421, art. 2
Section 11.
Chapter | Short Title | Extent of repeal |
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1962 c. 14 (N.I.) | Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962. | Part I. |
Section 14(4)(b). | ||
In sections 14A(4) and 14B the words “out of moneys hereafter appropriated for the purpose of meeting such expenses”. | ||
Section 15(1). | ||
Section 21(5), (6), (9) and (10). | ||
Section 28(1) to (6). | ||
Section 29(1) and (6). | ||
Sections 31 and 32. | ||
Section 121. | ||
In section 130(1), the definitions of “publication year”, “Registration Rules” and “registration year”. | ||
Schedule 1. | ||
Schedule 3. | ||
In Schedule 9, paragraph 24, in paragraph 25 the words “or the registration of electors” and paragraph 33. | ||
1968 c. 20 (N.I.) | Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1968. | Sections 3 and 4. |
Schedule 2. | ||
1969 c. 26 (N.I.) | Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1969. | In section 2, in subsection (1) the words from “and if” to “qualifying date”, and subsections (2) and (4). |
In Schedule 1, all the entries except those relating to sections 67 and 130(1) of, and Schedules 7 and 9 to, the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962. | ||
1971 c. 4 (N.I.) | Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1971. | Section 2(1)(c) and (d)(i) and (2). |
S.I.1972/1264 (N.I.13) | Electoral Law (Northern Ireland) Order 1972. | Article 7(1) to (6) and, in Article 7(7), the words from the beginning to “and”. |
In Schedule 2, the entries relating to sections 21 (except subsection (8)) and 28 of and Schedule 3 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962. |
Year and Number | Title | Extent of Revocation |
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S.R.(N.I.) 1980/354 | Electoral Law (Registration Rules) (Variation No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1980. | The whole Order. |
S.R.(N.I.) 1985/333 | Electoral )Law (Registration Rules) (Variation Order (Northern Ireland) 1985. | The whole Order. |
S.R.(N.I.) 1986/194 | Electoral Law (Registration Rules) (Variation) Order (Northern Ireland) 1986. | The whole Order. |
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