Regulation 2

In paragraph (1) of regulation 5 of the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1986 (application of certain statutory provisions for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections), for the two sentences beginning “The entry in that Schedule” there shall be substituted the following:

• “The entry in that Schedule in respect of—

  1. (i)

     section 29 of the Act of 1983^f1 is to that provision as amended by section 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1991^f2 and article 3 of the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1991^f3;

  2. (ii)

     section 95 of the Act of 1983 is to that provision as amended by paragraph 30 of Schedule 12 to the Education Reform Act 1988^f4;

  3. (iii)

     Schedule 5 to the Act of 1983 is to that provision as amended by paragraph 32 of Schedule 12 to the Education Reform Act 1988; and

  4. (iv)

     section 6 of the Act of 1985^f5 is to that provision as amended by section 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1990^f6.”

In the modifications to section 29(5) of the Representation of the People Act 1983^f7 in the right-hand column of Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1986 (application, with modifications, of provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1983), for the words “the Treasury” in each of the two places where they occur there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.