Part ANNEX Form of front of ballot paper

Notes on Schedule 1

Footnotes

f1

Section 18(7) was amended by paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.

f2

Section 29 was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11) and the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1728); amendments made by Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 are not yet in force.

f3

Subsections (1) and (2) of section 49 were repealed by Schedule 6 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”); subsection (3) was repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act; subsection (5) was substituted by Schedule 2 to the Local Government Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Members) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1948) and amended by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act; subsection (6) was inserted by that Schedule.

f4

Section 52(5) was substituted by paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.

f5

Section 54 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f6

Section 61 was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1985 and subsection (6A) was inserted by section 2(5) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 (c. 2); other amendments made by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) are not relevant to this Order.

f7

Section 63 was substituted by paragraph 19 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.

f8

Subsections (3) and (4) of section 65 were substituted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1985.

f9

Section 65A was inserted by Schedule 6 to the 2000 Act.

f10

Section 66(6) was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1985.

f11

Section 66A was inserted by Schedule 6 to the 2000 Act.

f12

Section 67(4) was amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.

f13

Section 68(3) was amended by paragraph 21 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.

f14

Section 69 was amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985 and Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f15

Subsection (3A) of section 70 was inserted by paragraph 23 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.

f16

Section 71A was inserted by section 130(2) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f17

Section 73 was amended by section 14(1) of the 1985 Act and Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f18

Section 74 was amended by section 14(2) of the 1985 Act and Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f19

Section 74A was inserted by Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f20

So far as material, section 75 has been amended as follows: section 75(1)(i) was amended by Schedule 20 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42) and Schedule 10 to the Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55); section 75(1)(ii) was amended, and section 75(1ZA) was inserted, by section 131 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; and subsections (2), (4) and (5) were amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f21

Subsections (1) and (2)(aa) of section 76 were substituted, and subsection (1B) was inserted, by section 132 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; subsection (2)(a) was amended by section 6 of the Representation of the People Act 1989 (c. 28) and the sums in that provision were substituted by S.I. 2001/535; words were omitted from subsection (2) by Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 and subsection (4) was substituted by that Schedule; and subsection (3) was repealed by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f22

Subsections (1) and (4) of section 78 were amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act; subsections (1) and (2) were amended by Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; subsection (6) was repealed, and subsection (7) was substituted, by that Schedule.

f23

Subsections (1) and (4) of section 79 were amended by paragraph 26 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985 and subsection (3) was repealed by Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f24

Section 81 was amended, so far as material to this Order, by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act and Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f25

Section 82 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act and subsection (4) was repealed by Schedule 22 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f26

Subsection (1A) of section 86 was inserted by paragraph 30(a) of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985 and subsection (2) amended by paragraph 30(b) of that Schedule; subsection (10) was substituted, and subsections (9) and (11) were repealed, by Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f27

Section 87(3) was amended by paragraph 31 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.

f28

Section 87A was inserted by Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f29

Section 88 was amended, so far as material, by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f30

Subsections (1) and (1A) of section 89 were substituted by Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and subsection (3) was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f31

Sections 90A to 90C were inserted by section 134(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f32

Section 91(1) was substituted by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act; subsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 91 were amended, and subsection (5) was inserted, by Schedule 8 to the Postal Services Act 2000 (c. 26); and subsection (4) was substituted by Schedule 4 to the 2000 Act.

f33

Section 92(1) was substituted by Schedule 20 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42).

f34

Section 93 was substituted by section 144 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f35

Section 94 was amended by paragraph 36 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985 but the amendments are not relevant to this Order.

f36

Section 99(2) was substituted by Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act.

f37

Section 100(2) was amended by Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act.

f38

Section 106(4) was repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act; section 106(8) was repealed, and section 106(9) was substituted, by Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f39

Section 110 was substituted by Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 but the commencement of the new provision now rests on an order to be made under section 2(1) of the Election Publications Act 2001 (c. 5); the original section 110(3) which has returned into force was amended by Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act.

f40

Section 118 was amended by paragraph 43 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act, section 135(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and Schedule 18 to that Act.

f41

Section 118A was inserted by section 135(2) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f42

Subsections (2) and (3) of section 119 were substituted by section 19(4) of the 1985 Act.

f43

Section 121(5) was amended by Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f44

Section 122(4) was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act and section 122(8) was repealed by Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f45

Section 124 was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act.

f46

Section 126(3) was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act and amended by Schedule 4 to that Act.

f47

Section 136 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act and Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f48

Section 137 was substituted by Schedule 17 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f49

Section 138(1) was amended by Schedule 17 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f50

Section 140 was amended by paragraph 49 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.

f51

Subsections (3) and (4) of section 141 were repealed by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985.

f52

Section 156 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f53

Section 157(5) was repealed by Schedule 22 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f54

Section 159(2) was repealed by Schedule 17 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f55

Words were omitted from subsection (1) of section 160 and subsection (2) was repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act; subsection (3) was substituted by Schedule 4 to that Act; subsections (4) to (5A) were substituted by Schedule 17 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f56

Sections 161 to 163 were repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act and amended by Schedule 4 to that Act.

f57

Section 167(1A) was inserted by paragraph 56 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act and subsection (4) was omitted, and subsection (5) was substituted, by Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f58

Subsection (1) of section 168 was substituted for subsections (1) to (4) by paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1985 and subsections (5) and (6) were repealed by Schedule 5 to that Act.

f59

Section 169 was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985 and amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to that Act.

f60

Section 173 was substituted by section 136 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f61

Section 174(6) was repealed by Schedule 22 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f62

Section 175(1) was amended by Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act.

f63

Section 176 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f64

Section 178 was substituted by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f65

Section 180A was inserted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act.

f66

Subsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 181 were amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act; subsection (6) was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to that Act; and subsection (8) was repealed by Schedule 2 to the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23).

f67

Section 184(1) was amended by Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f68

Section 185 was amended by Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f69

Section 200(1) was substituted by paragraph 68 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f70

Section 200A was inserted by Schedule 8 to the Postal Services Act 2000 (c. 26).

f71

Section 202(1) was amended by section 4(5) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to, the Act of 1985 and repealed in part by Schedule 5 to that Act; the definitions of “citizen of the Union” and “relevant citizen of the Union” were inserted by regulation 4(2) of the Local Government Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Members) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1948); and the definition of “registered political party ” was inserted by Schedule 3 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) and amended by Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f72

Section 205(1) was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f73

Rule 2 was amended by section 19(5) of the Act of 1985.

f74

1971 c. 80.

f75

Rule 5 was amended by Schedules 2 and 4 to the 1985 Act and Schedule 6 to the 2000 Act.

f76

Rule 6(3) was substituted by section 38(2) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f77

Rule 6A was inserted by Schedule 2 to the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 (c. 48) and amended by section 38(3) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f78

Rule 7(6) was substituted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act.

f79

Rule 9 was amended by section 13 of, and Schedule 4 to, the 1985 Act.

f80

Rule 12 was amended by Schedule 2 to the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998.

f81

Rule 14(5) was inserted by Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f82

Rule 19(2)(d) was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act and paragraphs (2A) and (2B) were inserted by Schedule 2 to the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998.

f83

Rule 23 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f84

Rule 24 was substituted by Schedule 6 to the 2000 Act.

f85

Rule 26(3) was amended by section 2(2) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 (c. 2).

f86

Rule 28 was amended by section 4(6) of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1985 Act.

f87

Rule 29(3A) was inserted by section 13(2) of the 2000 Act and rule 29(5) was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f88

Rule 30(5) was repealed in part by Schedule 22 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f89

Rule 31 was substituted by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f90

Rule 32(1)(e) was amended by section 13(4) of the 2000 Act.

f91

Rule 37(1) was amended by section 2(3)(a) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 and Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act; paragraphs (1A) to (1G) were inserted by section 1(2) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985; paragraph (1E) was amended by Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1986 (c. 54) and regulation 14 of S.I. 2001/400.

f92

Paragraph (1) of rule 38 was amended by section 2(3)(b) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 and paragraph (1A) was inserted by section 1(3) of that Act.

f93

Rule 39 was substituted by section 13(3) of the 2000 Act.

f94

Paragraph (1)(b) of rule 40 was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985; paragraphs (1A) to (1C) were inserted by section 1(5) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 and paragraphs (5) and (6) were inserted by section 1(6) of that Act.

f95

Rule 40A was inserted by section 2(4) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985.

f96

Rule 43(1)(f) was amended by section 13(4) of the 2000 Act.

f97

Rule 53 was amended by section 13(b) of, and paragraph 83 of Schedule 4 to, the 1985 Act.

f98

Rule 55(1)(c) was amended by section 13(4) of the 2000 Act.

f99

The form of nomination paper has been amended by section 38(4) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and the notes repealed in part by Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000.

f100

The form of directions was substituted by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.

f101

The form of declaration to be made by the companion of a voter with disabilities was amended by section 13(5) of the 2000 Act.

f102

Schedule 2A was inserted by Schedule 16 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

f103

The form of declaration was amended by paragraph 88 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1985.

f104

Section 3(7) was amended by section 25(2) of the Act of 1985.

f105

Sections 5 to 9 were amended by Schedule 6 to the 2000 Act.

f106

Part I was substituted by Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/168).

f107

Section 8(3) was substituted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to S.I. 1995/1948 and section 8(11) was repealed by Part IX of Schedule 27 to the Finance Act 1985 (c. 54).

f108

Section 27(1) was repealed in part by the Schedule to the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) and subsection (2) was amended by Schedule 6 to the 2000 Act.