The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006

SCHEDULE 1 Enabling Powers

These Regulations are made under the following powers—

(a) sections 7(3)(aa), 7A(3)(aa), 7C(2)(aa), 10A(5)(b), 13B, 15(2)(aa), 36(3C), 53 and 57 of, rule 57 in Schedule 1 to, and paragraphs 1(4), 2A, 2B, 3A, 5A, 8A, 10,12 and 13(1A) of Schedule 2 to, the Representation of the People Act 1983(1);

(b) having regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 202(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, section 10A(1)(a), 10A(3), 13A(1)(a), rules 19A, 24, 28(3), 31A and 45(1B) in Schedule 1 to, and paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 2A to, that Act(2);

(c) sections 2(2)(aa) and 15(5) of the Representation of the People Act 1985(3);

(d) sections 44 and 45 of the Local Government Act 2000(4);

(e) having regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 202(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000(5), paragraphs 3(1)(b), (2)(c), (9) and (10), 4(1)(b), (2)(c), (4)(a) and (7), 6(7) and (8) and 7(5)(c) and (13) of that Schedule;

(f) paragraphs 7B and 7D of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000(6); and

(g) section 42 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006(7).

Regulations 29, 41, 47 and 66

SCHEDULE 2 Forms

  

(1)

1983 c. 2. Paragraph (aa) of sections 7(3), 7A(3), 7C(2) and 15(2) were inserted by section 12 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22) (“the 2006 Act”), section 13B was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 c. 2, and amended by section 11 of the 2006 Act, subsection (3C) of section 36 was inserted by section 17 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), subsection (4) of section 53 was inserted by paragraph 109 of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act, paragraphs (3) to (9) of rule 57 were inserted by section 41 of the 2006 Act, paragraph 2A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 5 of the Representation of the People Act 1989 (c. 28) and amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c.2) (“the 2000 Act”), paragraph 2B of Schedule 2 was inserted by paragraph 15(3) of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act, paragraph 3A of Schedule 2 was inserted by paragraph 24 of Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act, paragraph 5A was inserted by section 11 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 and amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 6 to the 2000 Act, paragraph 8A was inserted by paragraph 15(6) of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act, paragraph 10 was amended by section 9 of the 2000 Act and paragraph 15(7) of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act, sub-paragraph (aa) of paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 was inserted by paragraph 94 of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act and sub-paragraph (1A) of paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 9 of the 2000 Act.

(2)

Section 10A was inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act, section 13A was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act, rule 19A was inserted by section 31(2) of the 2006 Act, rule 24 was substituted by section 37 of the 2006 Act, rule 28(3) was amended by paragraph 70 of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act, rule 31A was inserted by section 45 of the 2006 Act, rule 45(1B) was inserted by paragraph 10 of Schedule 6 to the 2000 Act and amended by paragraphs 69 and 73 of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act, Schedule 2A was inserted by Schedule 16 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) and paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 2A was inserted by paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act.

(3)

1985 c.50; section 2 was substituted by paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2000 Act and subsection (2)(aa) was inserted by section 12(9) of the 2006 Act, section 15 was amended by section 3 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) and by paragraph 7 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26).

(4)

2000 c. 22; sections 44 and 45 were amended by paragraph 18 of Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41).

(5)

2000 c. 2; paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 4 were amended by the 2006 Act.

(6)

Paragraphs 7B and 7D of Schedule 4 were added by section 14(4) of the 2006 Act.

(7)

2006 c. 22.