Regulation 3 Amendment of the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001

(1)

Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001 (application and modification of provisions of primary legislation relating to elections)^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In the table, in the entry for rule 37 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (parliamentary elections rules)^f2, for the entry modifying paragraph (1E)(b) substitute “In paragraph (1E)(b) for “by the Government of the Republic of Ireland” substitute “of a member State^f3”.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2001/2599. Schedule 1 was amended by section 14 of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6) and S.I. 2002/1964, 2003/2752. 2003/2989, 2007/308, 2009/256, 2010/2892, 2014/1804, 2015/222, 2015/1610, 2015/1939, 2018/699.
f2: 1983 c. 2; rule 37 as it extends to Northern Ireland was amended by sections 1 and 2 of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 (c. 2), sections 2 and 4 of the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 13), paragraphs 75 and 90 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33) and section 19 of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6) and S.I. 1986/1091, 2001/400, 2002/1873, 2003/1156, 2008/1741 and 2010/278.
f3: Defined in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), as amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 8(2) to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16).