Introductory text

This Statutory Instrument supersedes the draft of the same title which was laid before Parliament on 30th January 2014 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 201(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Representation Of The People

Made ****

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Lord President of the Council makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 53(1) and (3) of and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the Representation of the People Act 1983^f1.

In accordance with section 201(2) of that Act^f2 a draft of these Regulations has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

The Lord President of the Council has consulted the Electoral Commission, the Information Commissioner and such other persons as he considered appropriate in accordance with section 53(5) of the Representation of the People Act 1983^f3 and section 7(1) and (2)(e) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000^f4.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1983 c. 2. The power to make regulations under section 53 and Schedule 2 was conferred on the Secretary of State by section 201(1). Article 3 of the Lord President of the Council Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1837) provides that the Secretary of State’s functions under the 1983 Act (with exceptions which are not relevant here) are exercisable concurrently by the Secretary of State and the Lord President of the Council. Section 53(1) has been amended by paragraph 13 of Schedule 1, and by Part 1 of Schedule 7, to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c.2). Section 53(3) has been amended by section 24 of and paragraph 13 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50). Paragraph 1A was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6).
f2: 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 c.41 and article 5(b) of S.I. 1991/1728.
f3: Section 53(5) was inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013.
f4: 2000 c. 41.