# Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001, Schedule 1: ENABLING POWERS


These Regulations are made under the following powers:
(a) sections 10A(7) and (9), 13A(6), 53 and 201(1) and (3) of, rule 24 of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to, the Representation of the People Act 1983 (“the 1983 Act”);
(b) sections 3(5), (6) and (7) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (“the 1985 Act”);
(c) having regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 202(1) of the 1983 Act, sections 4(4), 9(2), 10A(1), (3), (6) and (7), 13(3), 13A(2), 13B(3), 14(1), 16, 56(1) and (5), 75(3) and 89(1) of, and rules 24, 28(3), 29(3A) and 32(3) in Schedule 1 to, that Act;
(d) having regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 202(1) of the 1983 Act and section 27(2) of the 1985 Act, sections 2(3), 6(1) and (5), 7(1) and (3), 8(6) and (7) and 9(4), (7) and (8) of the 1985 Act;
(e) having regard to the designation of the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the rights of citizens of the Union to vote at European Parliamentary elections and local elections in Northern Ireland, that section 2(2); and
(f) paragraph 2(4)(b) of Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978.
In the case of sections 4 to 56 of the 1983 Act, the provisions cited include those provisions as applied with modifications by section 2(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2001/0110190580/schedule/1 (the official version)
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