Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “1962 Act” means the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962^f1;

• “1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983;

• “1985 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1985;

• “1985 Order” means the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985^f2;

• “2001 Order” means the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001^f3;

• “2008 Regulations” means the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008^f4 as applied for the purposes of Assembly elections by article 3 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 2001 Order^f5 with the modifications set out in those provisions;

• “AER” (Assembly Elections Rules) means the parliamentary elections rules^f6 as applied for the purposes of Assembly elections by article 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 2001 Order^f7 with the modifications set out in those provisions;

• “Assembly election” means an election of the Northern Ireland Assembly;

• “Chief Electoral Officer” has the meaning given in section 130(1) of the 1962 Act;

• “local election” has the meaning given in section 130(1) of the 1962 Act^f8;

• “LER” means the local elections rules in Schedule 5 to the 1962 Act^f9;

• “relevant Assembly election” and “relevant local election” have the meanings given in regulation 5 and references to “relevant election” are to be interpreted accordingly;

• “relevant combined document” has the meaning given in regulation 4.