Amendment of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 20012.

(1)

The Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 20015 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—

(a)

after the definition of “previous residence condition” insert—
““qualifying Commonwealth citizen” has the same meaning as in section 4(6) of the 1983 Act6;”;

(b)

for the definition of “relevant EU applicant” substitute—

““relevant EU applicant” means an applicant—

(a)

who is a citizen of a member State, and

(b)

who is not, or is not also—

  1. (i)
    a citizen of a member State listed in Schedule 6A to the 1983 Act7,
  2. (ii)

    a qualifying Commonwealth citizen, or

  3. (iii)

    a citizen of the Republic of Ireland;”.

(3)

Omit regulations 24(6), 24A(8) and 26B(12)(b).