{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-administration-act-2006/schedule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-administration-act-2006/schedule-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/22",
  "legislation_title": "Electoral Administration Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-administration-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Repeals",
  "text": "Note: The repeals relating to sections 74A(2), 75(1), 81, 90A, 90B and 119(2) of the 1983 Act do not have effect in relation to those provisions as they apply to a local government election in Scotland.\nShort title and chapter\nExtent of repeal\nParliamentary Elections Act 1695 (c. 25)\nSection 7.\nElection Act 1707 (cap. 8)\nThe whole Act.\nParliamentary Elections (Ireland) Act 1823 (c. 55)\nSection 74.\nElectoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (c. 14)\nIn Schedule 5, in rule 2 the words “Maundy Thursday”.\nIn Schedule 5, in the Appendix to the rules—\n(a)in the Form of Front of Ballot Paper, the words “Counterfoil No. The counterfoil is to have a number to correspond with that on the back of the ballot paper”\n(b)in the Directions as to printing the ballot paper, paragraph 3(e)\n(c)in the Declaration of identity Front of form the words “Ballot Paper No....................”\n(d)in the Directions for the guidance of voters in voting, paragraph 1 and in paragraph 6 the words “holding the paper so that the presiding officer can see the official mark on the back of it”.\nFamily Law Reform Act 1969 (c. 46)\nIn Schedule 2, in paragraph 2, the words “section 7 of the Parliamentary Elections Act 1695”.\nBritish Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61)\nIn Schedule 7, the entry relating to the Act of Settlement.\nRepresentation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)\nSection 9(6).\nIn section 10A(5), the words “the name of” and “duly”.\nSection 18.\nSection 29(4), (4A) and (4B).\nIn section 40(1), the words “Maundy Thursday,”.\nIn section 74A(2), the words “(determined in accordance with section 90B below)”.\nIn section 75(1), the words from “but paragraph (c) or (d) of” to the end.\nIn section 81, subsection (3) and in subsection (9), the words “of each such matter”.\nSections 90A and 90B.\nIn section 119(2), the words “Maundy Thursday,”.\nIn section 202(1), the definition of “absent voters list”.\nIn Schedule 1, in rule 2(1)(b) the words “Maundy Thursday,”.\nIn Schedule 1, in rule 6(3)(a) the words “(of not more than 6 words in length)”.\nIn Schedule 1, rule 19(2)(d).\nIn Schedule 1, rule 29(3)(b).\nIn Schedule 1, rule 37(1)(a).\nIn Schedule 1, rule 40(1B)(a).\nIn Schedule 1, in rule 43(1)(e), the words “the counterfoils of the used ballot papers and”.\nIn Schedule 1, in rule 45(1B)(b), the words “and authenticated”.\nIn Schedule 1, in rule 55—\n(a)in paragraph (1)(d), the words “counterfoils and”;\n(b)paragraphs (2) to (4).\nIn Schedule 1, in the Appendix to the rules—\n(a)in the Form of Front of Ballot Paper, the words “Counterfoil No. The counterfoil is to have a number to correspond with that on the back of the ballot paper”;\n(b)in the Form of Back of Ballot Paper, the words “Note.— The number on the ballot paper is to correspond with that on the counterfoil”.\nPolice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)\nIn Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Representation of the People Act 1983.\nRepresentation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50)\nIn section 19(6)(b) the words “Maundy Thursday,”.\nSection 25(1).\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 7(2).\nIn Schedule 4, paragraph 86.\nElected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c. 3)\nIn section 10(1), in the definition of “legal incapacity”, the words “or of any subsisting provision of the common law”.\nRepresentation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2)\nIn Schedule 4, in paragraph 1(1), the definition of “absent voters list”.\nIn Schedule 4, paragraph 2(6)(a) and “or” following it.\nPolitical Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)\nSection 50(2)(e).\nIn section 50(4), paragraph (a) and the words “the loan or”.\nSection 52(1)(a).\nIn section 52(2)(b), the words “except for the purposes of section 68,”.\nIn section 53(4)(a), the words “the loan or”, sub-paragraph (i) and the “or” following that sub-paragraph.\nSection 68.\nIn section 69, subsection (3) and in subsections (4) and (5), the words “or (3)”.\nIn section 77(9)(a) the words “Maundy Thursday,”.\nIn Schedule 7—\n(a)in paragraph 2, sub-paragraph (1)(d), sub-paragraph (3)(a) and, in sub-paragraph (3), the words “the loan or”;\n(b)in paragraph 4(3)(b) the words “except for the purposes of paragraph 14,”;\n(c)in paragraph 5(4)(a), the words “the loan or”, sub-paragraph (i) and the “or” following it;\n(d)Part 4;\n(e)paragraph 15(3)(b).\nIn Schedule 18, paragraph 7(4).\nIn Schedule 20, the entries relating to section 68(5) and paragraph 14(5) of Schedule 7.\nElectoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 13)\nSection 2(2).\nSection 3(4)(a) and (b).\nCivil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)\nIn Schedule 27, paragraph 85(2) to (5).\nThis Act\nSection 68.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 partly in force; Sch. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 77; Sch. 2 in force for certain purposes at 11.9.2006 by S.I. 2006/1972, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 26 (subject to Sch. 2); Sch. 2 in force for E.W.S. for certain purposes and in force for certain further purposes at 1.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3412, art. 3, Sch. 1 paras. 13, 14(cc) (subject to Sch. 2); Sch. 2 in force for N.I. for certain purposes at 7.2.2007 by S.I. 2007/230, art. 2; Sch. 2 in force for N.I. for certain purposes and in force for certain further purposes at 1.7.2008 by S.I. 2008/1316, arts. 2(2){(3)}, 4(aa), 5(g); Sch. 2 in force for N.I. for certain purposes at 1.7.2008 by S.I. 2008/1656, art. 2(1)(2)(e) (subject to art. 3, Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/22/schedule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:27.599518+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}