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The European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/24 · Made 5 January 2004

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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

Made 5 January 2004

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 28(3) and (4) 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. 3) Order 2004.

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

The following provisions of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 shall come into force on 7 January 2004—

(a)

in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar—

(i)

Part 2 so far as it confers powers to make subordinate legislation and amends provisions of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002f1 which confer such power;

(ii)

section 19 so far as it extends to Gibraltar provisions of the European Parliamentary Elections Act which confer such power; and

(iii)

sections 14 and 24; and

(b)

in Gibraltar, sections—

(i)

25, and

(ii)

28(2) so far as it relates to the above mentioned provisions.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs

Chris Leslie

Parliamentary under Secretary of State,

Department for Constitutional Affairs

5 January 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 7 January 2004 the provisions of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 relating to powers to make subordinate legislation establishing the combined region for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections and about such elections, including provisions which amend and extend to Gibraltar powers to make subordinate legislation in the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002. It also brings into force section 14 which provides for a register of European Parliamentary electors in Gibraltar (“the Gibraltar register”) to be maintained by the Clerk to the House of Assembly of Gibraltar as the European electoral registration officer for Gibraltar. It also brings into force section 24 which confirms that the capacity of the Gibraltar legislature is not affected by the existence of powers in the Act, or the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 to make subordinate legislation extending to Gibraltar. Except for sections 25 and 28(2), which came into force in the United Kingdom on Royal Assent of the Act, it brings such provisions into force in both the United Kingdom and Gibraltar.