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The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

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Draft 2023, ISBN 9780348252675

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Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 201(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, section 154(2)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, sections 18(8) and 21(6) of the Recall of MPs Act 2015 and paragraph 13(4) of Schedule 8 to the Elections Act 2022, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Police, England And Wales

Representation Of The People

Made ***

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) to (5)

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by the provisions specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

The Secretary of State has consulted—

(a)

the Electoral Commission, in accordance with section 53(5)(a) of the Representation of the People Act 1983f1 and section 7(1) and (2)(c), (hc) and (k) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000f2, and

(b)

the Information Commissioner and such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate, in accordance with section 53(5)(b) and (c) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.

A draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament in accordance with section 201(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983f3, section 154(2)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011f4, sections 18(8) and 21(6) of the Recall of MPs Act 2015f5 and paragraph 13(4) of Schedule 8 to the Elections Act 2022f6.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1983 c. 2. Section 53(5) was inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6).

f2

2000 c. 41. Section 7(2)(hc) was inserted by paragraph 11 of Schedule 10 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13). Section 7(2)(k) was inserted by paragraph 3(6) of Schedule 6 to the Recall of MPs Act 2015 (c. 25).

f3

Section 201(2) was substituted by paragraph 69 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50) and was amended by paragraph 6(1) and (7)(b) of Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, by section 13(2) of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c. 13), by paragraph 1(9)(a) of Schedule 8 to the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37) and by S.I. 1991/1728.

f4

2011 c. 13.

f5

2015 c. 25.

f6

2022 c. 37.

Contents

  1. Part 1: Introduction
  2. 1Citation, commencement, extent, transitional provisions and savings
  3. Part 2: Overseas electors
  4. Chapter 1: Amendment of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001
  5. 2Introduction to Chapter 1
  6. 3Amendment of Part 1 (general, interpretation and miscellaneous)
  7. 4Amendment of Part 2 (service and overseas electors’ declarations)
  8. 5Amendment of Part 3 (registration)
  9. 6Amendment of Part 4 (absent voters)
  10. Chapter 2: Amendment of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001
  11. 7Introduction to Chapter 2
  12. 8Amendment of Part 1 (general, interpretation and miscellaneous)
  13. 9Amendment of Part 2 (service and overseas electors’ declarations)
  14. 10Amendment of Part 3 (registration)
  15. 11Amendment of Part 4 (absent voters)
  16. Chapter 3: Consequential amendments
  17. 12Amendment of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012
  18. 13Amendment of the Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016
  19. 14Amendment of the Voter Identification Regulations 2022
  20. Part 3: Provisions related to the franchise change for EU citizens
  21. 15Amendment of Part 3 of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001
  22. 16Amendment of the Representation of the People (Franchise Amendment and Eligibility Review) Regulations 2023
  23. 17Transitional provision for certain elections countermanded or abandoned etc. and re-run on or after 7th May 2024
  24. 18Transitional provision for persons elected following a re-run election
  25. Part 4: Police and Crime Commissioner elections in Wales
  26. 19Amendment of the Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
  27. Signature
  28. Schedule 1Enabling Powers
  29. Schedule 2: Overseas electors: Transitional provisions and Savings
  30. 1Interpretation
  31. 2Savings for pre-commencement applications for registration
  32. 3Transitional provision for overseas electors registered pursuant to pre-commencement applications
  33. 4Limitation of certain postal signing entitlements held by overseas electors
  34. Explanatory note