Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland)(Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on the expiry of fourteen days beginning with the day on which the Regulations are made.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the 2001 Regulations” means the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001(1); and
“the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983.
(3) These Regulations extend to Northern Ireland only.
(4) Nothing in these Regulations shall be taken to require a specified authority or person mentioned in regulation 35(1) of the 2001 Regulations, as substituted by regulation 3 of these Regulations, to disclose information which came into their control before these Regulations came into force.
S.I.2001/400 as amended by the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland)(Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I.2002/1873).