Modification of the 1989 Act as regards the application of the 1983 Act to local elections in Northern Ireland
4. Section 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 1989 Act (application of provisions of Representation of the People Act 1983 to local elections in Northern Ireland) shall for the purposes of—
(a)the registration of relevant citizens of the Accession States as local electors before 1st May 2004,
(b)making arrangements for persons so registered to exercise the right to vote if they become relevant citizens of the Union on 1st May 2004, and
(c)the alteration or removal of entries on the register in relation to relevant citizens of the Accession States after that date,
apply subject to the further modifications to the 1983 Act made in regulation 2 above.