Representation of the People Act 2000
Part IElectoral registration and franchise
New system of registration
1New system of electoral registration
Disfranchisement
2Disfranchisement of offenders detained in mental hospitals
Residence for purposes of registration
3Residence for purposes of registration: general
4Residence: patients in mental hospitals who are not detained offenders or on remand
5Residence: persons remanded in custody etc
6Notional residence: declarations of local connection
Service voters
7Service declarations
Further amendments
8Further amendments about registration
Supply of information contained in register
9Restriction on supply of information contained in register
Part IIConduct of elections
New electoral procedures
10Pilot schemes for local elections in England and Wales
11Revision of procedures in the light of pilot schemes
Manner of voting
12Changes relating to absent voting at elections in Great Britain
Persons with disabilities
13Assistance with voting for persons with disabilities
Part IIIMiscellaneous and General
Miscellaneous
14Free delivery of election addresses at Greater London Authority elections
General
15Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
16Financial provisions
17Citation, construction, commencement and extent
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Registration: amendments of 1983 Act
Introductory
1The 1983 Act is amended as follows.
Residence
2In section 6 (residence: merchant seamen), for “sections 1 and...
Registers of electors
3For section 9 substitute— Registers of electors (1) Each registration officer shall maintain— (a) a register of...
Maintenance of registers
4For section 10 substitute— Maintenance of registers: annual canvass (1) Each registration officer shall conduct an annual canvass in...
5Omit— (a) section 11 (correction of registers), and
Publication of registers
6For section 13 substitute— Publication of registers (1) Following the conclusion of the canvass conducted by a...
Service declarations
7In section 14 (service qualification), in subsection (2), for “section...
8(1) Section 15 (service declaration) is amended as follows.
9In section 16, omit the following— (a) in paragraph (b),...
10In section 17 (effect of service declaration), for subsection (1)...
Polling districts
11In section 18 (polling districts and places for parliamentary elections),...
Effect of registers
12(1) Section 49 (effect of registers) is amended as follows....
Regulations about registration
13In section 53(1) (regulations about registration)— (a) in paragraph (a),...
Registration appeals: England and Wales
14(1) Section 56 (registration appeals: England and Wales) is amended...
Registration appeals: Northern Ireland
15For section 58 substitute— Registration appeals: Northern Ireland (1) Section 56 above, except subsection (2) and the words...
Service voters
16In section 59(2) (supplemental provisions as to members of forces...
Offences
17In section 62 (offences as to declarations), for subsection (1)...
Election expenses
18(1) Section 76 (limitation of election expenses) is amended as...
Election addresses
19In section 91 (candidate’s right to send election address post-free),...
Evidence of registration
20After section 180 insert— Evidence by certificate of electoral registration...
Regulations under the Act
21In section 201 (regulations), after subsection (2) add—
Interpretation
22In section 202(1) (general interpretation)— (a) for the definition of“dwelling...
Parliamentary elections rules
23(1) Schedule 1 (parliamentary elections rules) is amended as follows....
Content of regulations as to registration
24(1) Schedule 2 (provisions which may be contained in regulations...
SCHEDULE 2Registration: overseas electors
Introductory
1The Representation of the People Act 1985 is amended as...
Franchise for parliamentary elections
2For section 1 substitute— Extension of parliamentary franchise (1) A person is entitled to vote as an elector...
Registration of overseas electors
3For section 2 substitute— Registration of British citizens overseas (1) A person is entitled to be registered in a...
Franchise for European Parliamentary elections
4For section 3 substitute— Extension of franchise for European Parliamentary...
SCHEDULE 3Registration: local elections in Northern Ireland
Introductory
1The Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 is amended as...
Registration of electors
2In section 1 (local electors in Northern Ireland), for subsections...
Application of provisions of 1983 Act
3(1) Part I of Schedule 1 (application of provisions of...
Modification of provisions of 1983 Act
4(1) Part II of Schedule 1 (modification of provisions of...
SCHEDULE 4Absent voting in Great Britain
Interpretation
1(1) In this Schedule— “the absent voters list” means the...
Manner of voting at parliamentary or local government elections
2(1) This paragraph applies to determine the manner of voting...
Absent vote at elections for definite or indefinite period
3(1) Where a person applies to the registration officer to...
Absent vote at particular election
4(1) Where a person applies to the registration officer to...
Absent voters list
5(1) The registration officer shall, in respect of each parliamentary...
Proxies at elections
6(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, any person...
Voting as proxy
7(1) A person entitled to vote as proxy at a...
Offences
8A person who— (a) in any declaration or form used...
SCHEDULE 5Free delivery of election addresses at first GLA mayoral election: New Schedule 3A to the Greater London Authority Act 1999
SCHEDULE 6Minor and consequential amendments
City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957 (c. x)
1(1) Section 8 of the City of London (Various Powers)...
European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 (c. 10)
2(1) Paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary...
The 1983 Act
3The 1983 Act is amended as follows.
4In section 29(4C) (orders governing charges by returning officers), at...
5After section 65 insert— False statements in nomination papers etc...
6After section 66 insert— Prohibition on publication of exit polls...
7In section 95(7) (schools for parliamentary election meetings not to...
8In section 108(4) (premises not to be used as committee...
9In section 202(1) (general interpretation)— (a) in the definition of“the...
10(1) Schedule 1 (parliamentary elections rules) is amended as follows....
11(1) Schedule 2 (provisions which may be contained in regulations...
Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50)
12The Representation of the People Act 1985 is amended as...
13(1) Section 5 (manner of voting) is amended as follows....
14(1) Section 6 (absent vote at elections for an indefinite...
15(1) Section 7 (absent vote at a particular election and...
16(1) Section 8 (proxies at elections) is amended as follows....
17(1) Section 9 (voting as proxy) is amended as follows....
18In section 27(2) (application of provisions of 1983 Act)—
Finance Act 1996 (c. 8)
19In section 200 of the Finance Act 1996 (domicile for...
SCHEDULE 7Repeals
Part IRepeals extending to whole of the United Kingdom
Part IIRepeals extending to England, Wales and Scotland
Part IIIRepeals extending to Northern Ireland only

Representation of the People Act 2000

2000 Chapter 2

An Act to make new provision with respect to the registration of voters for the purposes of parliamentary and local government elections; to make other provision in relation to voting at such elections; and for connected purposes.

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:—