Amendment of the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 20083.
(1)
The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 20088 are amended as follows.
(2)
In regulation 3 (interpretation), after the definition of “previous residence condition” insert—
““qualifying Commonwealth citizen” has the same meaning as in section 4(6) of the 1983 Act;”.
(3)
Omit regulation 25B(4).
(4)
In regulation 27 (applications for registration)—
(a)
in paragraph (1)(caa), for the words from “an applicant” to “Ireland” substitute “a relevant EU applicant”
;
(b)
after paragraph (1A) insert—
“(1AA)
In paragraph (1)(caa), “relevant EU applicant” means an applicant—
(a)
who is a citizen of a member State, and
(b)
who is not, or is not also—
(i)
a citizen of a member State listed in Schedule 6A to the 1983 Act,
(ii)
a qualifying Commonwealth citizen, or
(iii)
a citizen of the Republic of Ireland.”.