Regulation 12 Amendment of rule 37(1E) of the elections rules

(1)

Amend rule 37(1E) of the elections rules^f1 as follows.

(2)

After sub-paragraph (k) insert—

“(l)
a 60+ SmartPass issued under the Northern Ireland Concessionary Fares Scheme for use from 1st October 2008;”.

(3)

At the end of paragraph (1E)—

(a)

omit “(excluding a provisional licence),”; and

(b)

after “in force” insert “and includes a Community licence within the meaning of those enactments”.

Annotations

f1: Rule 37 of the elections rules was substituted for England, Wales and Scotland by section 47 of, and paragraph 75 of Schedule 1 to, the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22) (“2006 Act”). However, this substitution did not extend to Northern Ireland (see paragraph 75(2) of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act). Paragraphs (1A) to (1G) were inserted for Northern Ireland by section 1 of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 (c. 2). Sub-paragraph (IE)(a) was substituted, and sub-paragraphs (1E)(c) to (g) were repealed, by S.I. 2003/1156. Sub-paragraphs (1E)(f) and (g) were substituted for Northern Ireland by regulation 14 of S.I. 2001/400. Sub-paragraph (1E)(h) was inserted in relation to Northern Ireland by section 4 of the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 13). Sub-paragraph (1E)(i) was inserted in relation to Northern Ireland by S.I.2002/1873. In paragraph (1E) from the words “in sub-paragraph (a)” to “being in force” were substituted by S.I. 2003/1156. Sub-paragraphs (1E)(a), (b) and (h) were amended by; 1E(j) and (k) inserted by; and the words “Article 12” at the end of paragraph 1E omitted by, S.I. 2008/1741.