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The European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/700 · Made 10 March 2004

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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

Made 10th March 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. 5) 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 10th March 2004—

(a)

in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar, section 19 (so far as not already in force and except as it relates to section 8 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002f1);

(b)

in Gibraltar—

(i)

Part 1 (so far as not already in force); and

(ii)

section 28(2) so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by paragraph (a) and subparagraph (i).

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs

Christopher Leslie

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Constitutional Affairs

10th March 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 10th March 2004 the extension of new sections 1A of and Schedule 1A to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 to Gibraltar. It also commences, for the purposes of Gibraltar, the remaining provisions of Part 1 of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 that relate to changes in the total number of United Kingdom MEPs.