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The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 1989

S.I. 1989/633 · Made 10 April 1989

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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

Made 10th April 1989

Coming into force 10th April 1989

Whereas a draft of these Regulations has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978f1, I hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1978 c. 10: the citation of this Act has been amended by section 3(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) on the coming into force of the Single European Act (Cmnd. 9758) on 1st July 1987.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the European ParliamentaryElections (Amendment) Regulations 1989.

(2)

These Regulations shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

2

In the right-hand column of Schedule 1 (application with modifications of provisions of the Representation of the People Acts) to the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1986f1:

(a)

in subsection (2) of section 76 (limitation of election expenses) of the Representation of the People Act 1983f2, as substituted for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections, for the words “£8,000” and “3.5p” there shall be substituted the words “£10,000” and “4.3p”, respectively; and

(b)

in the modification of rule 9(1) (deposit) of the rules in Schedule 1 to that Actf3, in its application for those purposes, for the words “£750” there shall be substituted the words “£1,000”.

Signature

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

10th April 1989

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply in Great Britain, amend the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1986. They increase the maximum amount of a candidate’s election expenses at a European Parliamentary election. The maximum amount of a candidate’s election expenses is made up of a fixed sum (expressed in pounds) plus a sum expressed in pence (and fractions of pence) for each entry in the register of electors.

These Regulations also increase from £750 to £1,000 the sum which must be deposited with the returning officer by or on behalf of a candidate at a European Parliamentary election. A person cannot be validly nominated as a candidate at such an election unless this deposit has been made.