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The Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/2439 · Made 11 September 2014

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Northern Ireland

Made 11th September 2014

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1) and 27(1) and (4) of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2013 c.6. Section 25(1) defines “the Minister” as the Lord President of the Council or the Secretary of State.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 15th September 2014
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2014.

2Provisions coming into force on 15th September 2014

The following provisions of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 come into force in Northern Ireland on 15th September 2014—

(a)

section 1 (individual registration);

(b)

section 2(1) to (5) (applications for registration and verification of entitlement etc);

(c)

section 4 (annual canvass);

(d)

section 5 (invitations to register);

(e)

section 7 (power to amend or abolish the annual canvass);

(f)

section 8 (consulting Electoral Commission about proposals under section 7);

(g)

section 9 (piloting of changes to the annual canvass);

(h)

section 12 (interpretation of Part 1);

(i)

section 13(1) and (2) (amendments and transitional provision), so far as not already in force;

(j)

Schedule 1 (register of electors: alterations and removal);

(k)

Schedule 3 (civil penalty for failing to make application when required by registration officer);

(l)

Schedule 4 (amendments to do with Part 1), with the exception of—

(i)

paragraph 9(4)(b),

(ii)

paragraph 10(5), and

(iii)

paragraph 23, so far as it omits paragraphs 5 and 6(2) of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006f1; and

(m)

Schedule 5 (transitional provision to do with Part 1), so far as not already in force.

Signature

Andrew Murrison

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Northern Ireland Office

11th September 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 brings into force for Northern Ireland the remaining uncommenced provisions extending to Northern Ireland in the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6), with the exception of the paragraphs of Schedule 4 listed in Article 2(l). The provisions brought into force by this Order were commenced for England and Wales and Scotland by S.I. 2014/414.