{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-registration-and-administration-act-2013-commencement-no-1-northern-ireland-order-2014/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2439",
  "legislation_title": "The Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-registration-and-administration-act-2013-commencement-no-1-northern-ireland-order-2014",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 15th September 2014",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 come into force in Northern Ireland on 15th September 2014—\n(a) section 1 (individual registration);\n(b) section 2(1) to (5) (applications for registration and verification of entitlement etc);\n(c) section 4 (annual canvass);\n(d) section 5 (invitations to register);\n(e) section 7 (power to amend or abolish the annual canvass);\n(f) section 8 (consulting Electoral Commission about proposals under section 7);\n(g) section 9 (piloting of changes to the annual canvass);\n(h) section 12 (interpretation of Part 1);\n(i) section 13(1) and (2) (amendments and transitional provision), so far as not already in force;\n(j) Schedule 1 (register of electors: alterations and removal);\n(k) Schedule 3 (civil penalty for failing to make application when required by registration officer);\n(l) Schedule 4 (amendments to do with Part 1), with the exception of—\n(i) paragraph 9(4)(b),\n(ii) paragraph 10(5), and\n(iii) paragraph 23, so far as it omits paragraphs 5 and 6(2) of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006; and\n(m) Schedule 5 (transitional provision to do with Part 1), so far as not already in force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 22."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2439/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:02:56.186931+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."
}