SCHEDULE 4APPLICATION WITH MODIFICATIONS OF PROVISIONS OF THE 1983 AND 1985 ACTS FOR REGISTRATION OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY OVERSEAS ELECTORS

Regulation 13

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Provision applied

Modification

PART I: THE 1983 ACT

Section 4(5) (attainers)63
Section 9 (register of electors)64

In subsection (1)(a) omit “for each constituency or part of a constituency”.

Omit subsection (2)(b).

Omit subsections (5) to (8).

Section 13 (publication of registers)65
For subsections (1) to (3) substitute:

“(1)

Where a register under section 3 of the 1985 Act is in force, a revised version of it shall be published when a revised version of the registers of parliamentary and local government electors is published under this section as it has effect for the purposes of such registers.”.

Section 13A (alteration of registers)

Section 13B (alteration of register: pending elections)

For subsection (4) substitute:

“(4)

This section applies to elections to the European Parliament.”.

Section 50 (effect of misdescription)

For paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) substitute “in the register”.

Section 52 (discharge of registration duties)66

In subsections (1) and (4) after the word “Act” insert “and regulation 13 of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001”.

Section 54 (payment of expenses of registration)67

In subsection (1) after the word “Act” in the first place where it occurs, insert “and regulation 13 of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001”.

Omit subsection (3).

Section 56 (registration appeals: England and Wales)68

Omit subsection (1)(b).

Section 63 (breach of official duty)69

In subsection (3)—

  1. (a)
    for paragraphs (a) to (d) substitute:

    “(a)

    any registration officer,”; and

  2. (b)

    for the words from “relating to” to the end of the subsection substitute “relating to the registration of European Parliamentary overseas electors”.

PART II: THE 1985 ACT

Section 2 (registration of British citizens overseas)70

In paragraph (a) of subsection (1) omit “constituency or” and in paragraph (b) after “of that” insert “part of the”.

In paragraph (c) of subsection (2) for the words from “parliamentary” to the end of that paragraph, substitute “local government electors”.

In subsection (4) for “section 1” substitute “section 3”.

In subsection (7) omit “constituency or”.

In subsection (8) for “section 1(1)(a)” substitute “section 3(1)(a)”.

In section 12 (offences as to declarations etc), subsections (1), (2) and (4)

In subsection (1)(a) for the word “parliamentary” substitute “European Parliamentary”.