Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, extent and saving

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) Regulations 2024, and come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made.

(2)

This regulation and regulations 2 and 10 extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

(3)

Regulation 4 extends to Scotland only.

(4)

The remainder of these Regulations extend to England and Wales only.

(5)

An amendment made by these Regulations does not apply to a relevant election, petition or referendum in respect of which the qualifying date is before 1st May 2025.

(6)

In paragraph (5), “qualifying date”—

(a)

where the relevant election, petition or referendum is a recall petition, means the beginning date of the signing period as specified in the public notice of petition given under regulation 14 of the Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016^f1, and

(b)

otherwise, means the date of the poll as specified in the notice of the election or referendum published in accordance with—

(i)

in the case of a parliamentary election, rule 5 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983^f2;

(ii)

in the case of a PCC election, rule 4 of Schedule 3 to the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012^f3;

(iii)

in the case of a combined authority mayoral election or combined county authority mayoral election, rule 5 of Schedule 1 or rule 5 of Schedule 3 to the Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017^f4;

(iv)

in the case of a local authority mayoral election, rule 5 of Schedule 1 or rule 5 of Schedule 3 to the Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007^f5;

(v)

in the case of a referendum under Schedule 4B to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, rule 5 of Schedule 3 or rule 5 of Schedule 5 to the Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012^f6;

(vi)

in the case of a referendum under Chapter 4ZA of Part 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992^f7, rule 5 of Schedule 3 or rule 5 of Schedule 5 to the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) Regulations 2012^f8;

(vii)

in the case of a referendum under Part 1A of the Local Government Act 2000^f9, rule 5 of Schedule 3 or rule 5 of Schedule 5 to the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2012^f10.

(7)

In this regulation—

“combined authority mayoral election” means an election of a mayor for a combined authority in accordance with Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;
“combined county authority mayoral election” means an election for a mayor for a combined county authority in accordance with Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
“local authority mayoral election” means an election in England for the return of an elected mayor as defined by section 9H(1) of the Local Government Act 2000^f11;
“PCC election” means an election of a police and crime commissioner under Chapter 6 of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011^f12;
“recall petition” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Recall of MPs Act 2015;
“relevant election, petition or referendum” means—
1. (a)
  
  a parliamentary election, or a recall petition, in England, Wales or Scotland;
2. (b)
  
  a PCC election;
3. (c)
  
  a combined authority mayoral election;
4. (d)
  
  a combined county authority mayoral election;
5. (e)
  
  a local authority mayoral election;
6. (f)
  a referendum under—
  1. (i)
    
    Schedule 4B to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990,
  2. (ii)
    
    Chapter 4ZA of Part 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, or
  3. (iii)
    
    Part 1A of the Local Government Act 2000.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2016/295, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2022/1382, 2023/1147.
f2: Rule 5 was amended by Part 1 of Schedule 2 and paragraph 74 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), by paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 6 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2), and by section 19(3) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22).
f3: S.I. 2012/1917; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2022/1382, 2023/1147.
f4: S.I. 2017/67; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2022/1382, 2023/11472024/131.
f5: S.I. 2007/1024; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2014/370, 2022/1382, 2023/1147, 2024/131.
f6: S.I. 2012/2031; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2022/1382, 2023/1147.
f7: Chapter 4ZA was inserted by Schedule 5 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) and was amended by section 3(5) to (7) of the Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), by section 41 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2) and by S.I. 2013/733, 2021/1265.
f8: S.I. 2012/444; relevant amening instruments are S.I. 2022/1382, 2023/1147.
f9: Part 1A was inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Localism Act 2011 and was amended by section 190(10) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), by section 20 of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 (c. 1), by sections 71, 72 and 77 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55) and by S.I. 2013/594, 2597, 2021/1265.
f10: S.I. 2012/323; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2022/1382, 2023/1147.
f11: Section 9H was inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Localism Act 2011.
f12: Chapter 6 was amended by paragraph 184 of Schedule 8 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), by paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 4), by section 122(1) of, and by paragraphs 86 and 90 of Schedule 1, paragraph 117 of Schedule 2 and paragraph 73(2) of Schedule 9 to, the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), by section 8 of the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), by paragraph 16 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), by paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 8 to the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37) and by S.I. 2014/268, 2015/1376, 1526, 2017/470, 2021/112, 2021/1265, 2023/1432, 2024/414.