Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 1379

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1994

Made

18th May 1994

Coming into force

1st June 1994

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983(1), as applied by regulation 5(1) of and Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1986(2), I hereby make the following Order with the consent of the Treasury:

(1)

1983 c. 2; section 29 has been amended by section 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11), and by the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1728); the functions formerly conferred on the Treasury have been transferred to the Secretary of State by that Order.

(2)

S.I. 1986/2209; the title of these Regulations was amended by section 3(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) on the coming into force of the Single European Act (Cmnd. 9758) on 1st July 1987. The amendments to section 29 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 referred to in the previous footnote were applied for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections by regulation 2 of the European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/723). There have been other amendments to S.I. 1986/2209 which are not relevant to this Order.