The European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001

Application, with modifications, of provisions of the 1983 Act and Representation of the People Regulations

9.—(1) The provisions of—

(a) the 1983 Act which are set out in column 1 of Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations, and

(b) the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001(1) the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001(2) and the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001(3) which are set out in column 1 of Part II of that Schedule,

shall apply for the purposes of the registration of relevant citizens of the Union as European Parliamentary electors as they apply for the purposes of the registration of parliamentary and local government electors subject to—

(i) any modification and exceptions specified in relation to those provisions in column 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations, and

(ii) paragraph (2) below.

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, in the provisions applied by the Schedule to these Regulations—

(a) any reference to a parliamentary elector is a reference to a European Parliamentary elector;

(b) any reference to a register is to the register maintained under regulation 5(2) above;

(c) any reference to a constituency is a reference to an electoral region; and

(d) any reference in such a provision to another provision which is so applied, is to that provision as so applied.

(1)

S.I. 2001/341.

(2)

S.I. 2001/497.

(3)

S.I. 2001/400.