These Regulations are made under the following powers—

1. a

   sections 9B, 9C, 53 and 201(3) of, and rule 57 of Schedule 1 to, and paragraphs 2B, 3A, 3B, 5(1B), 5A, 7, 8, 8A, 9C, 10, 10B and 12 of Schedule 2 to, the Representation of the People Act 198345;

2. b

   having regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 202(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, sections 9B(1A), 10A(1)(a) and 13A(1)(a) of, and rules 24, 28, 55(1)(f) of Schedule 1 to, that Act46; and

3. c

   sections 6(1)(c) and (5), 7(3), 8(6) and (7) and 9(4), (7) and (8) of the Representation of the People Act 198547.