Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989

13 Short title, commencement, transitional provision and extent

(1) This Act may be cited as the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989.

(2) The following provisions of this Act—

(a) section 1(2) and Schedule 1, except so far as that Schedule relates to sections 3 and 4 of the Representation of the [1983 c. 2.] People Act 1983, and

(b) sections 5 and 8(2),

shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.

(3) Subsection (4) below applies to any local election held—

(a) on or after the day which, under section 11 of the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962, is the election day in 1989, but

(b) before the earliest day on which the first register of local electors prepared under the Representation of the People Act 1983 as applied by section 2 of this Act would be used for an election.

(4) A person is not entitled to vote as an elector at a local election to which this subsection applies in any district electoral area unless—

(a) he is registered there in the register of parliamentary electors prepared under the Representation of the People Acts and the date by reference to which it was prepared is the qualifying date for the local election, or

(b) he is a peer and is registered there in the register of electors prepared under the [1962 c. 14 (N.I.).] Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 by reference to the qualifying date for the local election.

(5) For the purposes of a local election to which subsection (4) above applies, section 49(2) to (5) and 50 of the Representation of the [1983 c. 2.] People Act 1983 shall have effect—

(a) with the modifications specified in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Act, except paragraph 4, and

(b) as if references to the register of parliamentary electors or the register of local government electors and references to persons registered as parliamentary or local government electors were references respectively to the register mentioned in paragraph (a) or, in the case of peers, paragraph (b) of subsection (4) above and to persons registered in that register.

(6) Nothing in this Act affects the law relating to registration for local elections, in its application to peers, for the purposes of a local election to which subsection (4) above applies.

(7) This Act, except section 11(8), extends to Northern Ireland only.