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Representation Of The People, Scotland
Made
13th May 2014
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the following powers:
sections 9E(2), (3) and (6), 10ZC (2) and (3), 10ZD (2) and (3), 10ZE(4) and (6)(a), 53(1) and (3) and 201(1) and (3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (“the 1983 Act”)(1);
Schedule ZA1 and paragraphs 1(2) and (2A), 1A, 3ZA, 8C, 10B, 11(1) and (2) and 13(1ZB) and (1A) of Schedule 2 to the 1983 Act(2);
The Secretary of State has consulted the Electoral Commission and the Information Commissioner and such other persons as he considered appropriate in accordance with section 53(5) of the 1983 Act(3) and (in the case of the Electoral Commission) with section 7(1) and (2)(e) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000(4).
In accordance with section 201(2) of the 1983 Act(5), a draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
1983 c.2. Section 9E was inserted by section 5 of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c.22). Section 10ZC was inserted by section 1 of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013. Sections 10ZD and 10ZE were inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013. Section 53(1) and (3) was amended by paragraphs 1 and 13 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c.2) and paragraph 13 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c.50). Section 201(3) was inserted by paragraphs 1 and 21 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000. See section 202(1) for the definition of “prescribed”.
Schedule ZA1 was inserted by Schedule 3 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013. Paragraph 1(2) was amended by paragraphs 1, 20(1) and (2)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Electoral Registration and Administration 2013. Paragraph 1(2A) was inserted by Schedule 2 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013. Paragraph 1A was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Electoral Registration and Administration 2013. Paragraph 3ZA was inserted by section 2 of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013. Paragraph 8C was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013. Paragraph 10B was inserted, and paragraph 11 substituted, by section 9 of the Representation of the People Act 2000. Paragraph 13(1ZB) was inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013. Paragraph 13(1A) was inserted by section 9 of the Representation of the People Act 2000.
Section 53(5) was inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013.
Section 201(2) was substituted by paragraph 69 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 and amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and article 5(b) of S.I. 1991/1728.
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