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The Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Commencement No.3) Order 2007

S.I. 2007/230 · Made 31 January 2007

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Northern Ireland

Representation of the People

Made 31st January 2007

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(2) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 c.22.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Commencement No.3) Order 2007.

(2)

In this Order “the Act” means the Electoral Administration Act 2006.

2

(1)

The provisions of the Act specified in paragraph (2) shall come into force on 7th February 2007 in so far as they extend to Northern Ireland.

(2)

The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a)

section 17 (minimum age);

(b)

paragraph 103 of Schedule 1 (amendments); and

(c)

in Schedule 2 (repeals) the entries relating to—

(i)

the Parliamentary Elections Act 1695f1;

(ii)

the Election Act 1707f2;

(iii)

the Parliamentary Elections (Ireland) Act 1823f3; and

(iv)

the Family Law Reform Act 1969f4.

3

Section 52(4) to (6) of the Act shall come into force on 7th February 2007 for the purposes of local government elections within the meaning of section 22(5)(f) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000f1.

Signature

David Hanson

Minister of State

Northern Ireland Office

31st January 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the provisions specified in article 2, in relation to Northern Ireland, and article 3 on 7th February 2007.