Section 49(5) was amended by section 4(4) of the Representation of the People Act 1985.

1985 c. 50.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1948/schedule/2/part/1/madeThe Local Government Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Members) Regulations 1995European UnionKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2016-10-26REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLEThese Regulations are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972. They contain provisions extending the franchise and changing the qualification for election and holding office as members of local authorities. They amend both primary and secondary legislation on these matters for the purpose of implementing article 8b.1 of the Treaty establishing the European Community (as amended by Title II of the Treaty on European Union) and the requirements of the directive of the Council of the European Communities No. 94/80/EC.SCHEDULE 2AMENDMENTS CONSEQUENTIAL UPON CHANGES TO THE FRANCHISEPrimary legislationThe Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 19621

In rule 34(6)(b) of the Local Elections Rules contained in Schedule 5 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962, for the words from “the United” to the end there shall be substituted “a Member State of the European Community;”.

The Representation of the People Act 19832

The Act of 1983 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs 3 to 5 below.

3

In—

a

section 7(4)(d)(v) and (7)(c);

b

section 16(e);

c

section 17(1)(c); and

d

section 42(3)(c),

after the word “Ireland”, there shall be inserted in each case “or a relevant citizen of the Union”.

4

In—

a

section 7(9)(a), and

b

section 15(5)(a),

after the words “parliamentary elections”, there shall be inserted in each case “, or by a relevant citizen of the Union”.

5

For section 49(5), there shall be substituted:

5

A person registered as a parliamentary or local government elector, or entered in the list of proxies, shall not be excluded from voting on any of the following grounds: but this shall not prevent the rejection of the vote on a scrutiny, or affect his liability to any penalty for voting.

The grounds are—

a

that he is not of voting age;

b

that he is not, or, on the qualifying date or the date of his appointment (as the case may be), was not—

i

a Commonwealth citizen;

ii

a citizen of the Republic of Ireland;

iii

in the case of a person registered as a parliamentary elector in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration, a British citizen;

iv

in the case of a person registered as a local government elector or entered in the list of proxies by virtue of being a relevant citizen of the Union, a relevant citizen of the Union;

c

that he is, or, on the qualifying date or the date of his appointment (as the case may be), was, otherwise subject to any other legal incapacity to vote.

.

6

The amendments made by paragraphs 3 to 5 of this Schedule shall also have effect in relation to the provisions amended as those provisions are applied for the purposes of local elections in Northern Ireland by section 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Act of 1989.

The Representation of the People Act 19857

For section 8(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, there shall be substituted:

3

A person is not capable of being appointed to vote, or voting, as proxy at a parliamentary election—

a

if he is subject to any legal incapacity (age apart) to vote at that election as an elector, or

b

if he is neither a Commonwealth citizen nor a citizen of the Republic of Ireland.

3A

A person is not capable of being appointed to vote, or voting, as proxy at a local government election—

a

if he is subject to any legal incapacity (age apart) to vote at that election as an elector, or

b

if he is neither a Commonwealth citizen nor a citizen of the Republic of Ireland nor a relevant citizen of the Union.

.

8

In subsection (4) of the said section 8, for the words “any such” there shall be substituted “a parliamentary or local government”.

9

Section 4(4) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (which amended section 49(5) of the Act of 1983 and is superseded by paragraph 5 above) is hereby repealed.

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