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The European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2003

S.I. 2003/1402 · Made 1 June 2003

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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

Made 1st June 2003

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 28(3) of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 7.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement of provisions in European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2003.

2Commencement of provisions in European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003

The following provisions of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 shall come into force in Gibraltar on 2nd June 2003:

(a)

sections 9, 10, 26 and 27; and

(b)

section 28(2) so far as it relates to those provisions.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Yvette Cooper

Parliamentary Secretary

Lord Chancellor’s Department

1st June 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force in Gibraltar on 2nd June 2003 the provisions of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 relating to the requirement for the Electoral Commission to make a recommendation to the Lord Chancellor as to which of the existing electoral regions in England and Wales should be combined with Gibraltar for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections taking place after 1st April 2004. The same provisions came into force in the United Kingdom on Royal Assent of that Act.