{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1985/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1985/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/50",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1985",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Representation of the People Act 1985 and shall be included among the Acts that may be cited as the Representation of the People Acts.\n(2) This Act (except the provisions mentioned in subsection (3) below) shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.\n(3) Those provisions are—\n(a) sections 25(1) and 27(1) of this Act, this section, the amendment made by paragraph 18 of Schedule 4 to this Act and the repeal made by the entry in Schedule 5 to this Act relating to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (which come into force on the day on which this Act is passed), and\n(b) Schedule 1 to this Act (which may be brought into force under section 10 of this Act).\n(4) This Act, except the provisions mentioned in subsection (5) below, extends to Northern Ireland; and section 10 of and Schedule 1 to this Act extend to Northern Ireland only.\n(5) Those provisions are sections 17 and 18, 21 and 22 of this Act and any amendment or repeal by this Act of an enactment not extending to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 29(5) substituted (2.4.2013) by Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6), ss. 15(2), 27(1); S.I. 2013/702, art. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1984 c. 60."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 29(2) power of appointment conferred by s. 29(2) fully exercised: S.I. 1985/1185, 1986/639, 1080, 1987/207"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/50/section/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:04.396505+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."
}