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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-northern-ireland-order-1996/schedule-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1220",
  "legislation_title": "Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "APPLICATION WITH MODIFICATIONS OF PROVISIONS OF THE 1983 ACT, THE ELECTIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ACT 1985 AND THE 1985 ACT",
  "text": "Modifications\nProvision applied and subject matter\nSection 18(7) was amended by paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 26(2) was inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 29 was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11) and the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1728).\nSubsections (1)(d) and (3) of section 49 were repealed by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985 and subsection (5) was substituted by Schedule 2 to the Local Government Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Members) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1948).\nSubsection (5) was substituted by paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 61 was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1985 and subsection (6A) was inserted by section 2(5) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 (c. 2).\nSection 63 was substituted by paragraph 19 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSubsections (3) and (4) of section 65 were substituted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 66(6) was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 67(4) was amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 68(3) was amended by paragraph 21 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 69(1)(a) was amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSubsection (3A) of section 70 was inserted by paragraph 23 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 73(2) was amended by section 14(1) of the Act of 1985.\nSection 74(1) was amended by section 14(2) of the Act of 1985.\nThe sum in subsection (1)(ii) of section 75 was substituted by section 14(3) of the Act of 1985; paragraph (i) of that subsection was amended by Schedule 20 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42) and subsections (2), (4) and (5) were amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 76(3) was repealed by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985.\nSubsections (1) and (4) of section 78 were amended by paragraph 26 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSubsections (1) and (4) of section 79 were amended by paragraph 26 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 81 was amended by paragraph 27 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 82 was amended by paragraph 28 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSubsection (1A) of section 86 was inserted by paragraph 30(a) of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985 and subsection (2) amended by paragraph 30(b) of that Schedule.\nSection 87(3) was amended by paragraph 31 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 88 was amended by paragraph 32 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 89 was amended by paragraph 33 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSubsection (1) was substituted by paragraph 34 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.\nSubsection (1) was substituted by Schedule 20 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42).\nSection 94 was amended by paragraph 36 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985 but the amendments are not relevant to this Order.\nSection 99(2) was substituted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act.\nSection 100(2) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act.\nSection 103(2) was repealed by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 104(b) was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985.\nSubsection (4) was repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act.\nSection 110(3) was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 118 was amended by paragraph 43 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSubsections (2) and (3) of section 119 were substituted by section 19(4) of the Act of 1985.\nSection 122(4) was amended by paragraph 44 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 124 was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 126(3) was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985 and amended by paragraph 47 of Schedule 4 to that Act.\nSection 136 was amended by paragraph 48 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 140 was amended by paragraph 49 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSubsections (3) and (4) of section 141 were repealed by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 148(4)(a) was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 149 was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 156 was amended by paragraph 51 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nIn section 160, subsection (2) and part of subsection (1) were repealed by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985 and subsection (3) was substituted by paragraph 52(b) of Schedule 4 to that Act.\nSection 167(1A) was inserted by paragraph 56 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSubsection (1) of section 168 was substituted for subsections (1) to (4) by paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1985 and subsections (5) and (6) were repealed by Schedule 5 to that Act.\nSection 169 was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985 and amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to that Act.\nSection 175(1) was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 176 was amended by paragraph 61 of Schedule 4 of the Act of 1985.\nSection 178 was substituted by paragraph 62 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSubsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 181 were amended by paragraph 63 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985; subsection (6) was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to that Act, and subsection (8) was repealed by Schedule 2 to the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23).\nSection 200(1) was substituted by paragraph 68 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 202(1) was amended by section 4(5) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to, the Act of 1985 and repealed in part by Schedule 5 to that Act, and the definitions of “citizen of the Union” and “relevant citizen of the Union” were inserted by regulation 4(2) of the Local Government Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Members) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1948).\nSection 205(1) was amended by paragraph 72 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nRule 2 was amended by section 19(5) of the Act of 1985.\n1971 c. 80.\nRule 5 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to, and paragraph 74 of Schedule 4 to, the Act of 1985.\nRule 19(2)(d) was amended by paragraph 76 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nParagraph (2) of rule 23 was amended by paragraph 77(a) of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985 and paragraph (3) omitted by paragraph 77(b) of that Schedule.\nRule 24 was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to, and paragraph 78 of Schedule 4 to, the Act of 1985.\nRule 26(3) was amended by section 2(2) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 (c. 2).\nRule 28 was amended by section 4(6) of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to, the Act of 1985.\nRule 29(5) was amended by paragraph 79 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nRule 31 was substituted by paragraph 80 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nParagraph (1) of rule 37 was amended by section 2(3)(a) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 and paragraph 81 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985, paragraphs (1A) to (1G) were inserted by section 1(2) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985, and paragraph (1E) was amended by S.I. 1986/1091, Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1986 (c. 54) and S.I. 1991/1674.\nParagraph (1) of rule 38 was amended by section 2(3)(b) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 and paragraph (1A) was inserted by section 1(3) of that Act.\nParagraph (2) of rule 39 was amended by section 2(3)(c) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 and paragraph (2A) was inserted by section 1(4) of that Act.\nParagraph (1)(b) of rule 40 was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985; paragraphs (1A) to (1C) were inserted by section 1(5) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 and paragraphs (5) and (6) were inserted by section 1(6) of that Act.\nRule 40A was inserted by section 2(4) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985.\nRule 45 has been amended by paragraph 82 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.\nThe directions were amended by paragraph 85 to Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act and section 35(4) of the Welsh Language Act 1993 (c. 38).\nThe form of directions was substituted by paragraph 86 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nThe form of declarations was amended by paragraph 88 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.\nSection 3(7) was amended by section 25(2) of the Act of 1985.\nPart I was substituted by Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/168).\nSection 8(3) was substituted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to S.I. 1995/1948 and section 8(11) was repealed by Part IX of Schedule 27 to the Finance Act 1985 (c. 54).\nSection 27(1) was repealed in part by the Schedule to the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58).\n1983 ACT\nIn section 18 (polling districts and places at parliamentary elections), subsections (1), (7) and (9).\nSection 23 (rules for parliamentary elections).\nSection 26 (returning officer: Northern Ireland)\nSection 29 (payments by and to returning officer).\nSubsections (1) and (2) shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (5), for the words from “charged on” to “before”, there shall be substituted “paid by the Secretary of State on an account being submitted to him, but he may, if he thinks fit, before”.\nSubsection (6) shall be omitted.\nSubsection (9) shall be omitted.\nSection 30 (taxation of returning officer’s account).\nIn subsection (4) for the words from “delivery” to the end there shall be substituted “submission of constituency lists and regional lists”.\nSection 49 (effect of registers).\nIn subsection (5)(b)(iv) for “a local government” there shall be substituted “an”.\nSection 50 (effect of misdescription).\nIn paragraph (c)–\n(a) after “list” there shall be inserted “(including a constituency list or regional list”), and\n(b) the words “nomination paper” shall be omitted.\nIn section 52 (discharge of registration duties) subsection (5).\nSection 60 (personation).\nSection 61 (other voting offences).\nIn paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) the words “or at parliamentary or local government elections” and “or, as the case may be, at elections of that kind” shall be omitted.\nIn subsections (2)(a)(ii) and (iii) and (3)(a)(ii) for the words “a general election”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted “the elections”.\nSection 63 (breach of official duty).\nIn subsection (3)–(a) paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) shall be omitted;\n(b) in paragraph (b) the words “sheriff clerk” shall be omitted; and\n(c) in paragraph (e) for the words “paragraphs (a) to (d)” there shall be substituted “paragraph (b)”.\nSection 65 (tampering with nomination papers, ballot papers etc.).\nIn subsection (1)(a) for the words “nomination paper” there shall be substituted “constituency list or regional list”.\nSection 66 (requirement of secrecy).\nSection 67 (appointment of election agent).\nFor subsection (1) there shall be substituted:\n“(1) Not later than the latest time for the submission of constituency and regional lists, the nominating representative of a party who has submitted a constituency list for one or more constituencies, shall, subject to sub-section (8) below, name a person, including himself but not a candidate at any election, as that party’s election agent, and the name and address of the party’s election agent shall be declared in writing by or on behalf of the nominating representative to the appropriate officer not later than that time.”.\nSubsection (2) shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (3)–\n(a) for the word “candidate”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “party”, and\n(b) the words from “whether” to “not” shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (5)–\n(a) for the word “candidate's” there shall be substituted “party's”; and\n(b) for the word “candidate” there shall be substituted “nominating representative”.\nFor paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (7) there shall be substituted “the Chief Electoral Officer”.\nAfter subsection (7) there shall be added–\n“(8) The requirement to appoint an election agent shall not apply to a party if no constituency list of that party is to be published under rule 14 of the elections rules.”.\nSection 68 (nomination of sub-agent at parliamentary elections).\nIn subsection (1), the words “In the case of a parliamentary election for a county constituency” and “part of the” shall be omitted.\nIn subsections (2) and (5) the words “part of the”, in each place where they occur, shall be omitted.\nSection 69 (office of election agent and sub-agent).\nFor subsection (2) there shall be substituted–\n“(2) The office of an election agent or sub-agent shall be within Northern Ireland.”.\nSection 70 (effect of default in election agent’s appointment).\nIn subsection (1)–\n(a) for the words from “candidate” to “the candidate” there shall be substituted “party in respect of which a constituency list is to be published under rule 14 of the elections rules by the time of that publication, the nominating representative”; and\n(b) after “his” there shall be inserted “party's”.\nIn subsection (2)–\n(a) for the words “candidate’s election agent (not being the candidate” there shall be substituted “party’s election agent (not being the nominating representative”; and\n(b) for the word “candidate” there shall be substituted “nominating representative”.\nIn subsection (3)–\n(a) for the word “candidate's” there shall be substituted “party's”; and\n(b) for the words “candidate himself” there shall be substituted “nominating representative”.\nIn subsection (3A) for the words “candidate as his own” there shall be substituted “nominating representative as his party's”.\nIn subsection (4)–\n(a) for the word “candidate” there shall be substituted “nominating representative”;\n(b) for the word “own” there shall be substituted “party's”; and\n(c) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted “at the principal offices of the party”.\nIn subsection (6)–\n(a) for the word “candidate”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted “nominating representative”; and\n(b) for the word “own” there shall be substituted “party's”.\nSection 72 (making of contracts through election agent).\nIn subsection (3) the words “, in relation to a parliamentary election where sub-agents are allowed,” shall be omitted.\nSection 73 (payment of expenses through election agent).\nAt the end of subsection (1)(b) there shall be inserted “or party”.\nIn subsection (3) the words “, in relation to a parliamentary election where sub-agents are allowed,” shall be omitted.\nSection 74 (candidate’s personal expenses and petty expenses).\nSection 75 (prohibition of expenses not authorised by election agent).\nIn subsection (1) for the words “a candidate” there shall be substituted “a party” and for the words “the candidate” there shall be substituted “a candidate”.\nIn subsection (2)(a) for the words “21 days after the day on which the result of the election is declared” there shall be substituted “22 days after the day of the poll”.\nSubsection (4) shall be omitted.\nSection 76 (limitation of election expenses).\nIn subsection (1)–\n(a) for the words “an election”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted “the elections”;\n(b) for the words “the election” there shall be substituted “the elections”; and\n(c) for the words “specified in this section” there shall be substituted “for any party calculated in accordance with subsection (2) below”.\nFor subsection (2) there shall be substituted–\n“(2) That maximum amount for any party is the aggregate of the maximum amounts, calculated in accordance with subsection (2A) below, for each constituency in which the party is named on the ballot papers to be used at the election in that constituency, disregarding any sum paid or expense incurred before the coming into force of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.\n(2A) The maximum amount for a constituency–\n(a) which is a county constituency is £4,642 together with an additional 5.2p for every entry in the register of electors to be used at the election (as first published);\n(b) which is a borough constituency is £4,642 together with an additional 3.9p for every entry in the register of electors to be used at the election (as first published).”.\nSubsections (4) and (6) shall be omitted.\nSection 78 (time for sending in and paying claims).\nIn subsection (1) for the words “the result of the election is declared” there shall be substituted “the declaration of the return of the regional delegates is made”.\nSection 79 (disputed claims).\nSection 80 (election agent’s claim).\nSection 81 (return as to election expenses).\nIn subsection (1) for the words “the result of the election is declared” there shall be substituted “the declaration of the return of the regional delegates is made” and for the word “candidate”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted “party”. In subsection (3)–\n(a) for the words “that candidate” there shall be substituted “that party”; and\n(b) in paragraphs (a) and (d) for the words “the candidate” there shall be substituted “a candidate”.\nSubsection (4) shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (5) the words “candidate or his” shall be omitted.\nSection 82 (declarations as to election expenses).\nSubsections (2), (3) and (5) shall be omitted.\nSection 84 (penalty for failure as respects returns or declarations).\nSection 86 (authorised excuses for failures as to return and declarations).\nSubsections (2)(a) and (3)(b) shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (4)(a) the words from “in the” to “may be”, shall be omitted.\nSubsection (5) shall be omitted.\nSection 87 (court’s power to require information from election agent and sub-agent).\nSection 88 (publication of time and place for inspection of returns and declarations).\nFor the words “returning officer”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted“Chief Electoral Officer”.\nThe words from “circulating” to “was held” shall be omitted.\nSection 89 (inspection of returns and declarations).\nIn subsections (1) and (2), for the words “two years”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted “12 months”.\nIn subsection (2)(b) the words “the candidate or” shall be omitted and for the words “to the candidate” there shall be substituted “to the election agent”.\nIn subsection (3) for the words “candidate (if he or his election agent” there shall be substituted“election agent (if he”.\nSection 91 (candidate’s right to send election address post free).\nIn subsection (1), for the words “A candidate at a parliamentary election is, subject to Post Office regulations,” there shall be substituted “In a constituency for which a party’s constituency list is to be published under rule 14 of the elections rules, the election agent of that party is, subject to the provisions of Post Office regulations made for the purposes of parliamentary elections,”.\nSubsection (3) shall be omitted.\nFor subsection (4), there shall be substituted:\n“(4) For the purposes of this section,“elector” means a person who is registered in a register to be used at the election in the constituency, and accordingly includes a person shown in a register as below voting age if it appears from the register that he will be of voting age on the day of the poll, but not otherwise.\n(5) An unaddressed postal communication need not state the name of the constituency.”.\nSection 92 (broadcasting from outside United Kingdom).\nSection 94 (imitation poll cards).\nSection 97 (disturbances at election meetings).\nFor subsection (2), there shall be substituted:\n“(2) This section applies to a political meeting held in any constituency in connection with an election between the last date on which notice of election may be published in accordance with the elections rules and the date of the poll.”.\nSection 98 (premises not affected for rates).\nAfter the word “candidature” there shall be inserted “or in support of a party”.\nSection 99 (officials not to act for candidates).\nIn subsection (1) the words from “but” to the end shall be omitted.\nSection 100 (illegal canvassing by police officers).\nSection 101 (no hiring of vehicles to convey voters).\nSection 102 (no payments for conveyance of voters).\nSection 103 (provisions supplemental to sections 101 and 102).\nSection 104 (“carriage” in sections 101 to 103).\nSection 106 (false statements as to candidates).\nIn subsection (2) for the words “his agent” there shall be substituted “an agent of his party”.\nSubsections (5) and (6) shall be omitted.\nSection 107 (corrupt withdrawal from candidature).\nSection 109 (payments for exhibition of election notices).\nSection 110 (printer’s name and address on election publications).\nSection 111 (prohibition of paid canvassers).\nSection 112 (providing money for illegal purposes).\nSection 113 (bribery).\nSection 114 (treating).\nSection 115 (undue influence).\nSection 116 (rights of creditors).\nIn section 117 (savings as to parliamentary elections), subsection (2).\nSection 118 (interpretation of Part II).\nThe definition of “candidate” shall be omitted.\nSection 119 (computation of time for purposes of Part II).\nSection 120 (method of questioning parliamentary election).\nIn subsection (1) the words “and no return to Parliament” shall be omitted.\nSection 121 (presentation and service of parliamentary election petition).\nAfter subsection (2) there shall be inserted–\n“(2A) Where a petition relates to the result of an election in a constituency, it shall not be necessary to name the delegates returned under paragraph 14(2) of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act (regional delegates) as respondents, notwithstanding that any fresh election ordered on the determination of the election petition might affect their return.”.\nSection 122 (time for presentation or amendment of parliamentary election petition).\nIn subsection (1), for the words from “the return” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted “the day on which the relevant result was declared in accordance with rule 50 of the elections rules or, as the case may be, article 6 of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1996”.\nIn subsection (2), for the words “that return” there shall be substituted “that declaration of the result of the election”.\nIn subsection (3)(b) after the words “agent of his” there shall be inserted “party”.\nIn subsection (4)(a) for the words “that member and his” there shall be substituted “the”.\nSection 123 (constitution of election court and place of trial).\nAt the beginning of subsection (3) there shall be inserted “Except in the case of a petition relating to the return under paragraph 14(2) of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act,”.\nSection 124 (judges' expenses and reception: England and Wales and Northern Ireland).\nFor “the Treasury” there shall be substituted “the Secretary of State”.\nSection 126 (attendance of the House of Commons shorthand writer).\nIn subsection (1), for the words “The shorthand writer of the House of Commons or his deputy” there shall be substituted “A shorthand writer”.\nIn subsection (2), for the word “Speaker” there shall be substituted “Chief Electoral Officer”.\nIn subsection (3), the words “In Scotland” shall be omitted and for the words “section 125” there shall be substituted “section 124”.\nSection 136 (security for costs).\nSection 137 (petition at issue).\nSection 138 (list of petitions).\nSection 139 (trial of petition).\nFor subsection (3) there shall be substituted–\n“(3) Except in the case of a petition which relates solely to a person’s disqualification under paragraph 17 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act, the trial of an election petition shall be proceeded with notwithstanding that a respondent has resigned as a delegate.”.\nSection 140 (witnesses).\nSection 141 (duty to answer relevant questions).\nSection 143 (expenses of witnesses).\nSection 144 (conclusion of trial of parliamentary election petition).\nFor subsections (1) and (2) there shall be substituted–\n“(1) At the conclusion of the trial of an election petition, the election court shall determine–\n(a) whether or not the return of delegates under Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act needs to be amended;\n(b) whether or not the return of a delegate or delegates of a particular party was void;\n(c) whether or not the election as a whole in the constituency to which the petition relates was void;\nand the determination so certified shall be final to all intents as to the matters at issue on the petition.\n(2) Where the election court determines that the election as a whole in the constituency to which the petition relates was void, it shall order a fresh election to be held in the constituency in question on a day appointed by the court.\n(2A) The day specified under subsection (2) above shall not be less than four weeks after the date of the determination.\n(2B) Pending an amendment to the return of delegates under paragraph 14(2) of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act (regional delegates) following the result of an election which is ordered to be held in a constituency under subsection (2) above, the regional delegates returned shall continue in office.\n(2C) Where the election court determines that the election of a delegate or delegates of a particular party was void but that the election as a whole in the constituency to which the petition relates was not void, the return of delegates under paragraph 14 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act shall be calculated again and the votes given for that party in that constituency shall be disregarded.\n(2D) The election court shall forthwith certify any determination under subsection (1) and order under subsection (2) to the Chief Electoral Officer.”.\nIn subsection (3)(b) after the word “election” there shall be inserted “of that delegate”.\nIn subsections (4) and (6), for the word “Speaker”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “Chief Electoral Officer”.\nSubsections (5) and (7) shall be omitted.\nSection 146 (special case for determination of High Court).\nIn subsection (2), for the word “Speaker” there shall be substituted “Chief Electoral Officer”.\nSection 147 (withdrawal of petition).\nSection 148 (evidence required for withdrawal of petition).\nSection 149 (penalty for corrupt withdrawal and breach of section 148).\nSection 150 (substitution of new petitioner).\nSection 151 (report on withdrawal).\nIn subsection (1)(a), for the word “Speaker” there shall be substituted “Chief Electoral Officer”.\nSection 152 (abatement of petition).\nSection 153 (withdrawal and substitution of respondents before trial).\nIn subsection (1), for paragraphs (b) and (c) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–\n“(b) resigns or otherwise ceases to hold the office of delegate”.\nIn subsection (1) before the words “may apply” there shall be inserted “or who is the nominating representative of the party one of the candidates of which was a respondent to the petition”.\nIn subsection (3), the words from “and if the petition” to the end of the subsection shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (4), for the word “Speaker” there shall be substituted “Chief Electoral Officer”.\nSection 154 (costs of petition).\nSection 155 (neglect or refusal to pay costs).\nSection 156 (further provision as to costs).\nSection 157 (appeals and jurisdiction).\nFor subsection (2), there shall be substituted:\n“(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made under it, the principles, practice and rules on which election courts act in dealing with parliamentary election petitions shall be observed, so far as may be, by the High Court and election court in the case of election petitions relating to elections under the 1996 Act.\n(2A) Where an election court determines that a person who has been returned as a delegate was at the time of his election disqualified under paragraph 17 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act, it shall apply the rules in paragraph 19 of that Part instead of ordering a fresh election.\n(2B) Where the election court determines that the election of a delegate or delegates of a particular party was void but that the election as a whole in the constituency to which the petition relates was not void, the court shall not order a fresh election.”.\nSubsection (5) shall be omitted.\nSection 158 (report as to candidate guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice).\nSection 159 (candidate reported guilty of corrupt or illegal practice).\nSubsections (2) and (3) shall be omitted.\nSection 160 (persons reported personally guilty of corrupt or illegal practices).\nSubsections (4) to (7) shall be omitted.\nSection 164 (avoidance of election for general corruption etc.).\nIn section 166 (votes to be struck off for corrupt or illegal practices) subsections (2) and (3).\nSection 167 (application for relief).\nSection 168 (prosecutions for corrupt practices).\nSection 169 (prosecutions for illegal practices).\nSection 170 (conviction of illegal practice on charge of corrupt practice etc.).\nSection 175 (illegal payments etc.).\nSection 176 (time limit for prosecutions).\nSection 178 (prosecution of offences committed outside United Kingdom).\nSection 179 (offences by associations).\nSection 180 (evidence by certificate of holding of elections).\nSection 181 (Director of Public Prosecutions).\nSection 183 (costs).\nSection 184 (service of notices).\nSection 185 (interpretation of Part III).\nThe definition of “candidate” shall be omitted.\nSection 186 (computation of time for purposes of Part III).\nSection 200 (public notices, and declarations).\nSection 202 (general provisions as to interpretation).\nSection 205 (general application to Northern Ireland).\nSCHEDULE 1\nPARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS RULES)\nRule 1 (Timetable).\nFor the Timetable there shall be substituted– ‘TIMETABLE\nProceeding\nTime\nPublication of notice of election.\nNot later than the sixteenth day before the date of the poll.\nSubmission of constituency and regional lists by nominating representatives.\nNot later than 5 p.m. on the fourteenth day before the date of the poll.\nSubmission of notices of withdrawals of constituency or regional lists by nominating representatives.\nWithin the time for the submission of constituency and regional lists.\nDetermination by Chief Electoral Officer as to the constituency and regional lists which are to be published.\nNot later than 5 p.m. on the twelfth day before the day of the poll.\nPolling.\nBetween the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on the day of the poll.’.\nRule 2 (computation of time).\nFor paragraph (2) there shall be substituted–\n“(2) In this rule “bank holiday” means a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971in Northern Ireland.”.\nRule 5 (notice of election).\nFor paragraph (1) there shall be substituted–\n“(1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall publish notice of the election stating–\n(a) the places at which and time by which constituency and regional lists are to be submitted to him; and\n(b) the date of the poll in the event of a contest.”.\nRule 6 (nomination of candidates).\nFor the rule there shall be substituted–\n“Constituency and regional lists\n6 (1) A constituency or regional list submitted to the Chief Electoral Officer under paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act shall be submitted in writing to him at his office at St. Anne]s House, 15 Church St, Belfast.\n(2) Any such list shall state–\n(a) in the case of a constituency list, the name of the constituency;\n(b) in the case of a regional list, that it is such a list;\n(c) in the case of any list–\n(i) the name of the party;\n(ii) the address of the principal offices of that party; and\n(iii) the full names and home address in full of each candidate included in the list.”.\nRule 12 (decisions as to validity of nomination papers).\nFor the rule there shall be substituted–\n“Decisions as to validity of lists\n12 (1) A constituency or regional list which has been submitted in accordance with rule 6(1) above shall be deemed to be valid unless and until the Chief Electoral Officer decides that it is invalid.\n(2) The Chief Electoral Officer is entitled to hold a list invalid only on the following grounds–\n(a) that the particulars of the party or the candidates are not as required by rule 6(2) above;\n(b) that the party is not a party listed in Part II of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act;\n(c) that the list is in breach of the requirements of paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act.\n(3) Where the Chief Electoral Officer decides that a list is invalid, he shall endorse and sign on the list the fact and the reasons for his decision.\n(4) Any decision of the Chief Electoral Officer under this rule shall not be challenged otherwise than on an election petition.”.\nRule 13 (withdrawal of candidates).\nFor the rule there shall be substituted–\n“Withdrawal of constituency or regional list\n13 The nominating representative may withdraw a constituency or regional list (whether or not he substitutes another list for it within the time allowed by rule 1 above) by notice of withdrawal–\n(a) signed by him and attested by one witness, and\n(b) submitted to the Chief Electoral Officer at the place for the delivery of such lists.”.\nRule 14 (publication of statement of persons nominated).\nFor the rule there shall be substituted–\n“Publication of constituency and regional lists\n14 As soon as practicable after the close of the time for the submission of constituency and regional lists and not later than the last time for the determination by the Chief Electoral Officer of the lists which are to be published, that Officer shall arrange to be published in the Belfast Gazette any list which has not been withdrawn and which he has not determined to be invalid under rule 12 above.”.\nRule 17 (method of election).\nIn paragraph (1), for the words from the beginning to “standing nominated” there shall be substituted “If more than one constituency list for a constituency is published under rule 14 above and the total number of candidates named in such lists exceeds five,”.\nIn paragraph (2), for the words from the beginning to “that person” there shall be substituted “If the total number of candidates named in such constituency lists for a constituency as are published under rule 14 above does not exceed five, any candidate so named”.\nRule 18 (poll to be taken by ballot).\nThe words from “the result” to the end shall be omitted.\nRule 19 (the ballot papers).\nIn paragraph (1) the words from “and the” to the end shall be omitted.\nIn paragraph (2)–\n(a) for the words “be in the form in the Appendix,” there shall be substituted “comply with paragraph 7(2) of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act”, and\n(b) sub-paragraph (a) shall be omitted.\nIn paragraph (3) for the words from “the same” to the end, there shall be substituted “arranged alphabetically”.\nRule 20 (the official mark).\nRule 21 (prohibition of disclosure of vote).\nRule 22 (use of schools and public rooms).\nIn paragraphs (1) and (2) after the word “poll” there shall be inserted “or counting the votes”.\nRule 23 (notice of poll).\nIn paragraph (1), for the words “in the statement of persons nominated include” there shall be substituted “publish”.\nRule 24 (postal ballot papers).\nRule 25 (provision of polling stations).\nRule 26 (appointment of presiding officers and clerks).\nRule 28 (issue of official poll cards).\nFor paragraph (4) there shall be substituted–\n“(4) In this rule–\n“elector” has the same meaning as in section 91(4) above; and“electoral number” means a person’s number in the register to be used at the election.”.\nRule 29 (equipment of polling stations).\nAt the end of the rule there shall be added:\n“(6) In every compartment of every polling station there shall also be exhibited a notice setting out the contents of every constituency list for the constituency in question, and every regional list published under rule 14 above, in the form in which they were published.”.\nRule 30 (appointment of polling and counting agents).\nIn paragraphs (1), (3), (4) and (5) for “candidate” there shall be substituted “nominating representative of a party whose constituency list has been published under rule 14 above”.\nIn paragraphs (8) and (9), after “his” there shall be inserted “party”.\nRule 31 (notification of requirement of secrecy).\nRule 32 (admission to polling station).\nIn paragraph (2)–\n(a) after “agent” there shall be inserted “and not more than one candidate”, and\n(b) for “same candidate” there shall be substituted “same party”.\nRule 33 (keeping of order in station).\nRule 34 (sealing of ballot boxes).\nRule 35 (questions to be put to voters).\nRule 36 (challenge of voter).\nRule 37 (voting procedure).\nIn paragraph (1E)(b) for the words from “the United” to the end there shall be substituted “a Member State of the European Community”.\nParagraph (1F) shall be omitted.\nRule 38 (votes marked by presiding officer)\nRule 39 (voting by blind persons).\nRule 40 (tendered ballot papers).\nRule 40A (refusal to deliver ballot paper).\nRule 41 (spoilt ballot papers).\nRule 42 (adjournment of poll in case of riot).\nRule 43 (procedure on close of poll).\nRule 44 (attendance at counting of votes).\nIn paragraph (1), for the words “close of the poll” there shall be substituted “9 in the morning on the day after the day of the poll”.\nAt the end of paragraph (2)(c) there shall be inserted “or sub-agents”.\nRule 45 (the count).\nRule 46 (recount).\nIn paragraph (1), after the word “agent” there shall be inserted “or sub-agent”. In paragraph (2) after the word “agents” there shall be inserted “and sub-agents”.\nRule 47 (rejected ballot papers).\nRule 48 (decisions on ballot papers).\nRule 49 (equality of votes).\nFor the rule there shall be substituted–\n“Equality of quotients\n49 Where, on the application of paragraph 10 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act, an equality of quotients is found to exist between any parties, the returning officer shall forthwith decide between those parties by lot, and return as a delegate a candidate on the constituency list of the party on whom the lot falls.”.\nRule 50 (declaration of result).\nFor the rule there shall be substituted–\n“Declaration of result of election in a constituency\n50 (1) In a contested election when the result of the poll in that constituency has been ascertained, the returning officer shall forthwith–\n(a) declare to be delegates the candidates returned under paragraphs 9, 10 and 12 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act and rule 49 above; and\n(b) give public notice of–\n(i) the names of those candidates;\n(ii) the total number of votes given for each party at the election, together with the number of rejected ballot papers under each head shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers; and\n(iii) any calculations under paragraphs 8, 9 and 10 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act.\n(2) In an uncontested election, the lists published under rule 14 above shall declare the persons so listed to be returned as delegates.”.\nRule 54 (sealing up of the ballot papers).\nIn rule 55 (delivery of documents to Clerk of the Crown), paragraph (1).\nFor the words “then forward to the Clerk of the Crown” there shall be substituted “retain”.\nRule 56 (orders for production of documents).\nIn paragraph (1), for the words “Clerk of the Crown” there shall be substituted “returning officer” and sub-paragraph (i) shall be omitted.\nIn paragraph (2), for the words “Clerk of the Crown's” there shall be substituted “returning officer's”.\nIn paragraph (3), the words “House of Commons or” shall be omitted.\nIn paragraphs (6) and (8), for the words “Clerk of the Crown”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted “returning officer”.\nRule 57 (retention and public inspection of documents).\nIn paragraph (1)–\n(a) for the words “Clerk of the Crown” there shall be substituted “returning officer”;\n(b) for the words “forwarded to him in pursuance of these rules by a returning officer” there shall be substituted “to which rule 55(1) of these rules applies”; and\n(c) the words “House of Commons or” shall be omitted.\nIn paragraph (2), for the words from “Clerk of the Crown” to the end there shall be substituted “returning officer”.\nIn paragraph (3), for the words “Clerk of the Crown” there shall be substituted “returning officer” and for the words “the Treasury” there shall be substituted “the Secretary of State”.\nAPPENDIX OF FORMS\nDirections as to printing the ballot paper.\nAt the end of paragraph 1 there shall be added “and paragraph 7(2) of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act”.\nAt the end of paragraph 2 there shall be inserted:\n“(d) notwithstanding sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), the ballot paper may be divided vertically so that there is more than one set of columns of names of parties and spaces where the vote is to be marked.”.\nFor paragraph 3 there shall be substituted–\n“3 The name of each party shall be printed in large capitals.”.\nForm of directions for the guidance of the voters in voting.\nForm of declaration to be made by the companion of a blind voter.\nSCHEDULE 3\n(RETURN AND DECLARATIONS AS TO ELECTION EXPENSES)\nForm of return.\nIn the form of return as to election expenses–(a) for the words “Election in the…constituency” and “Date of publication of notice of election” there shall be substituted “Elections under the Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc.) Act 1996”;\n(b) any reference to the candidate acting as his own election agent shall be omitted;\n(c) for any other reference to a candidate, except the reference to a candidate’s personal expenses, there shall be substituted a reference to a party; and\n(d) in paragraph 1 for the words from “person named” to the end there shall be substituted “party named above at these elections”.\nForm of declarations.\nIn the form of declarations as to election expenses–\n(a) for the words “Election in the…constituency” and “Date of publication of notice of election” there shall be substituted “Elections under the Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc.) Act 1996”;\n(b) for the words “Name of candidate” there shall be substituted “Name of party”;\n(c) for paragraph 1 there shall be substituted “1. I was the election agent for the party named above at these elections.”; and\n(d) in paragraph 2 from “my” to “of which” there shall be substituted “me to the Chief Electoral Officer, of which”.\nTHE ELECTIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ACT 1985\nSection 3 (offences relating to specified documents).\n1985 ACT\nSection 5 (manner of voting at parliamentary and local government elections).\nSection 7 (absent vote at a particular election and absent voters list).\nIn subsection (1) for the words “a particular” there shall be substituted “the”.\nIn subsection (2)–\n(a) for the words “section 6 of this Act in respect of elections of the kind in question” there shall be substituted “paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1985 Order”;\n(b) for the words “a particular” there shall be substituted “the”; and\n(c) the words “at elections of the kind in question” shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (4)–\n(a) for the words “section 6 of this Act as voting by post at elections of the kind in question” there shall be substituted “paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1985 Order as voting by post”;\n(b) for the words “that section” there shall be substituted “that paragraph”; and\n(c) for the words “section 6 of this Act as voting by proxy at elections of the kind in question” there shall be substituted “paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1985 Order as voting by proxy”.\nSection 8 (proxies at elections).\nAt the end of subsection (3)(b) there shall be added “nor a relevant citizen of the Union”.\nSubsection (6) shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (7) for the words “a particular” there shall be substituted “the”.\nIn subsection (10)–\n(a) for the words “a particular” there shall be substituted “the”; and\n(b) paragraph (b) shall be omitted.\nSection 9 (voting as proxy).\nSubsections (4), (5) and (6) shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (7) for the words “a particular” there shall be substituted “the”.\nIn subsection (8)–\n(a) for the words “a particular” there shall be substituted “the”; and\n(b) for the words “subsection (6) above in respect of elections of the kind in question” there shall be substituted “paragraph 4(5) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1985 Order”.\nIn subsection (9)–\n(a) for the words “subsection (6) above in respect of elections of the kind in question” there shall be substituted “paragraph 4(5) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1985 Order”; and\n(b) for the words “that subsection” there shall be substituted “that sub-paragraph”.\nIn subsection (10), the words “or both (as the case may be)” and “at elections of the kind in question, or as the case may be,” shall be omitted.\nSubsection (11)(b) shall be omitted.\nIn section 12 (offences as to declarations etc.), subsections (3) and (4).\nSection 27 (interpretation).\nIn subsection (1), the definition of “European Parliamentary election” shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (2), the words from “and sections 5, 6” to the end shall be omitted.",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 18(7) was amended by paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 26(2) was inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 29 was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11) and the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1728)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Subsection (5) was substituted by paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 61 was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1985 and subsection (6A) was inserted by section 2(5) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 63 was substituted by paragraph 19 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Subsections (3) and (4) of section 65 were substituted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Section 66(6) was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Section 67(4) was amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "Section 68(3) was amended by paragraph 21 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "Section 69(1)(a) was amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "Subsection (3A) of section 70 was inserted by paragraph 23 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "Section 73(2) was amended by section 14(1) of the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "Section 74(1) was amended by section 14(2) of the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f15",
      "text": "The sum in subsection (1)(ii) of section 75 was substituted by section 14(3) of the Act of 1985; paragraph (i) of that subsection was amended by Schedule 20 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42) and subsections (2), (4) and (5) were amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f16",
      "text": "Section 76(3) was repealed by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f17",
      "text": "Subsections (1) and (4) of section 78 were amended by paragraph 26 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f18",
      "text": "Subsections (1) and (4) of section 79 were amended by paragraph 26 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f19",
      "text": "Section 81 was amended by paragraph 27 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f20",
      "text": "Section 82 was amended by paragraph 28 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f21",
      "text": "Subsection (1A) of section 86 was inserted by paragraph 30(a) of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985 and subsection (2) amended by paragraph 30(b) of that Schedule."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f22",
      "text": "Section 87(3) was amended by paragraph 31 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f23",
      "text": "Section 88 was amended by paragraph 32 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f24",
      "text": "Section 89 was amended by paragraph 33 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f25",
      "text": "Subsection (1) was substituted by Schedule 20 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f26",
      "text": "Section 94 was amended by paragraph 36 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985 but the amendments are not relevant to this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f27",
      "text": "Section 99(2) was substituted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f28",
      "text": "Section 100(2) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f29",
      "text": "Section 103(2) was repealed by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f30",
      "text": "Section 104(b) was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f31",
      "text": "Subsection (4) was repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f32",
      "text": "Section 110(3) was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f33",
      "text": "Section 118 was amended by paragraph 43 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f34",
      "text": "Section 122(4) was amended by paragraph 44 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f35",
      "text": "Section 124 was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f36",
      "text": "Section 126(3) was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985 and amended by paragraph 47 of Schedule 4 to that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f37",
      "text": "Section 136 was amended by paragraph 48 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f38",
      "text": "Section 140 was amended by paragraph 49 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f39",
      "text": "Subsections (3) and (4) of section 141 were repealed by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f40",
      "text": "Section 148(4)(a) was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f41",
      "text": "Section 149 was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f42",
      "text": "Section 156 was amended by paragraph 51 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f43",
      "text": "In section 160, subsection (2) and part of subsection (1) were repealed by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985 and subsection (3) was substituted by paragraph 52(b) of Schedule 4 to that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f44",
      "text": "Section 167(1A) was inserted by paragraph 56 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f45",
      "text": "Subsection (1) of section 168 was substituted for subsections (1) to (4) by paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1985 and subsections (5) and (6) were repealed by Schedule 5 to that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f46",
      "text": "Section 169 was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985 and amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f47",
      "text": "Section 175(1) was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f48",
      "text": "Section 176 was amended by paragraph 61 of Schedule 4 of the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f49",
      "text": "Section 178 was substituted by paragraph 62 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f50",
      "text": "Subsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 181 were amended by paragraph 63 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985; subsection (6) was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to that Act, and subsection (8) was repealed by Schedule 2 to the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f51",
      "text": "Section 200(1) was substituted by paragraph 68 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f52",
      "text": "Section 202(1) was amended by section 4(5) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to, the Act of 1985 and repealed in part by Schedule 5 to that Act, and the definitions of “citizen of the Union” and “relevant citizen of the Union” were inserted by regulation 4(2) of the Local Government Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Members) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1948)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f53",
      "text": "Section 205(1) was amended by paragraph 72 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f54",
      "text": "Rule 2 was amended by section 19(5) of the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f55",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f56",
      "text": "Rule 5 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to, and paragraph 74 of Schedule 4 to, the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f57",
      "text": "Rule 19(2)(d) was amended by paragraph 76 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f58",
      "text": "Paragraph (2) of rule 23 was amended by paragraph 77(a) of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985 and paragraph (3) omitted by paragraph 77(b) of that Schedule."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f59",
      "text": "Rule 24 was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to, and paragraph 78 of Schedule 4 to, the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f60",
      "text": "Rule 26(3) was amended by section 2(2) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f61",
      "text": "Rule 28 was amended by section 4(6) of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to, the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f62",
      "text": "Rule 29(5) was amended by paragraph 79 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f63",
      "text": "Rule 31 was substituted by paragraph 80 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f64",
      "text": "Paragraph (1) of rule 37 was amended by section 2(3)(a) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 and paragraph 81 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985, paragraphs (1A) to (1G) were inserted by section 1(2) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985, and paragraph (1E) was amended by S.I. 1986/1091, Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1986 (c. 54) and S.I. 1991/1674."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f65",
      "text": "Paragraph (1) of rule 38 was amended by section 2(3)(b) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 and paragraph (1A) was inserted by section 1(3) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f66",
      "text": "Paragraph (2) of rule 39 was amended by section 2(3)(c) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 and paragraph (2A) was inserted by section 1(4) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f67",
      "text": "Paragraph (1)(b) of rule 40 was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985; paragraphs (1A) to (1C) were inserted by section 1(5) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 and paragraphs (5) and (6) were inserted by section 1(6) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f68",
      "text": "Rule 40A was inserted by section 2(4) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f69",
      "text": "Rule 45 has been amended by paragraph 82 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f70",
      "text": "The directions were amended by paragraph 85 to Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act and section 35(4) of the Welsh Language Act 1993 (c. 38)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f71",
      "text": "The form of directions was substituted by paragraph 86 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f72",
      "text": "The form of declarations was amended by paragraph 88 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f73",
      "text": "Section 3(7) was amended by section 25(2) of the Act of 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f74",
      "text": "Part I was substituted by Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/168)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f75",
      "text": "Section 8(3) was substituted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to S.I. 1995/1948 and section 8(11) was repealed by Part IX of Schedule 27 to the Finance Act 1985 (c. 54)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f76",
      "text": "Section 27(1) was repealed in part by the Schedule to the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58)."
    }
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  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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