The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001

SCHEDULE 1 ENABLING POWERS

These Regulations are made under the following powers:

(a) sections 10A(7) and (9)(1), 13A(6), 53(2) and 201(1) and (3)(3) of, rule 24(4) of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2(5) to, the Representation of the People Act 1983 (“the 1983 Act”);

(b) sections 3(5), (6) and (7)(6) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (“the 1985 Act”);

(c) having regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 202(1) of the 1983 Act, sections 4(4)(7), 9(2)(8), 10A(1), (3), (6) and (7), 13(3), 13A(2), 13B(3), 14(1), 16, 56(1) and (5), 75(3) and 89(1) of, and rules 24, 28(3), 29(3A)(9) and 32(3) in Schedule 1 to, that Act;

(d) having regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 202(1) of the 1983 Act and section 27(2) of the 1985 Act, sections 2(3), 6(1) and (5), 7(1) and (3), 8(6) and (7) and 9(4), (7) and (8) of the 1985 Act(10);

(e) having regard to the designation(11) of the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(12) in relation to measures relating to the rights of citizens of the Union to vote at European Parliamentary elections and local elections in Northern Ireland, that section 2(2); and

(f) paragraph 2(4)(b) of Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978(13).

In the case of sections 4 to 56 of the 1983 Act, the provisions cited include those provisions as applied with modifications by section 2(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989(14).

(1)

Sections 10A and 13A were substituted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act.

(2)

Section 53 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act and Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act.

(3)

Section 201(1) was amended by S.I. 1991/1728 and section 201(3) was inserted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act.

(4)

Rule 24 was substituted by Schedule 6 to the 2000 Act.

(5)

Schedule 2 was amended by Schedules 2 and 4 to the 1985 Act; Schedules 1 and 6 to the 2000 Act; Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19); and section 5 of the Representation of the People Act 1989 (c. 28). Schedule 2 has also been amended by section 9 of the 2000 Act but the amendments are not yet in force.

(6)

Section 3 was substituted by Schedule 2 to the 2000 Act.

(7)

Section 4 was substituted by section 1(2) of the 2000 Act.

(8)

Sections 9, 10A, 13, 13A and 13B were substituted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act.

(9)

Rule 29(3A) was inserted by section 13(2) of the 2000 Act.

(10)

Section 2 was substituted by Schedule 2 to the 2000 Act and sections 6 to 9 were amended by Schedule 6 to that Act.

(11)

The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/2661).

(12)

1972 c. 68.

(13)

1978 c. 10.

(14)

1989 c. 3; Schedule 1 was amended by Schedule 3 to the 2000 Act.