13.—(1) A relevant citizen of the Union who—
(a)is a member of the forces,
(b)is the wife or husband of such a member,
has a service qualification for the purposes of these Regulations.
(2) For the purposes of regulation 7(2) above, a relevant citizen of the Union ceasing to have a service qualification shall be treated as if he were resident in Northern Ireland for the period during which he had a service qualification.
(3) Sections 15 (service declaration), 16 (contents of service declaration), 17 (effect of service declaration) and 62(1) (offences as to declarations)(1) of, and the definition of “prescribed” in section 202(1) of, the Act of 1983 shall apply in respect of a relevant citizen of the Union who has a service qualification under this regulation and any service declaration made by him as they apply in respect of a person who has a service qualification under that Act and any service declaration made by him thereunder, but with the following modifications:
(a)subsections (1)(b), (3) and (4) of section 15 shall be omitted;
(b)for section 15(5) there shall be substituted:
(5) A service declaration under this section as applied by regulation 13 of the European Parliamentary Elections (Changes to Franchise and Qualification of Representatives) Regulations 1994 has effect for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections only.;
(c)in section 15(7)(2), the words from “unless” onwards shall be omitted;
(d)in section 16:
(i)paragraph (c) shall be omitted;
(ii)for paragraph (e) there shall be substituted—
(e)the nationality of the declarant on the date of the declaration,; and
(iii)at the end the words “and (except” onwards shall be omitted;
(e)in section 17(1), the words “and any other person whose service declaration is made with reference to the qualifying date for any register shall be so treated in relation to that register” shall be omitted; and
(f)in section 17(1)(c) for the words “a Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland” there shall be substituted “of the nationality stated in the declaration”.
Section 62 has been amended by Schedules 3 and 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985.
Section 15(7) has been amended by Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985.