Statutory Instruments
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
Made
23rd March 1999
Laid before Parliament
30th March 1999
Coming into force
1st May 1999
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3D(1) of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978(1), hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections (Day of Poll) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st May 1999.
2. The poll at the next general election of MEPs shall be held on 10th June 1999.
George Howarth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
23rd March 1999
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order appoints 10th June as the day on which the poll at the next general election of MEPs will be held.
1978 c. 10; the citation of this Act has been amended in accordance with section 3(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58). Section 3D was substituted by section 1 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 (c. 1).