{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/section-205",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/section-205.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/2",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983",
  "path": "section/205",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "205",
  "heading": "General application to Northern Ireland.",
  "text": "(1) This section has (in addition to any express application elsewhere in the Act) effect for the general application of this Act to Northern Ireland, and accordingly—\n(a) a reference to the Attorney General refers to the Attorney General for Northern Ireland;\n(aa) a reference to the Director of Public Prosecutions refers to the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland;\n(b) subject to subsection (2) below, a reference to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as it applies in Northern Ireland.\n(2) Nothing in this Act affects the law relating to local government in Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 17(1) substituted (29.1.2001 for certain purposes and 16.2.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8(a), Sch. 1 para. 10; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2) (with art. 2(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 205(1)(a)(aa) substituted for s. 205(1)(a) by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 24, Sch. 4 para. 72"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 205 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (4.5.1996) by Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1220), art. 3(1)(b)(5)-(8), Sch. 1S. 205 applied (N.I.) (25.4.1998) by Northern Ireland Negotiations (Referendum) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1126), art. 6, Sch. 2S. 205 applied (with modifications) (1.8.2001) by The Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2599), art. 3, Sch. 1 (as substituted (10.2.2009) by S.I. 2009/256, arts. 1(2), 3, Sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 205 applied (26.2.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/219), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 48 (with Sch. 1 para. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 205(2) excluded (N.I.) by Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c. 3, SIF 42), ss. 2(1), 13(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/section/205",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:48.049414+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}