Schedule 1 ENABLING POWERS

These Regulations are made under the following provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (“the Act of 1983”) and, having regard to section 27(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (“the Act of 1985”), the following provisions of that Act, namely—

(a)

sections 15(2) and (4), 53^f1 and 201(1) of, and Schedule 2^f2 to, the Act of 1983, and

(b)

section 3(5), (6) and (7) of the Act of 1985, andhaving regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 202(1) of the Act of 1983, the following further provisions of those Acts, namely—

(i)

section 89(1) of, and rule 24^f3 in Schedule 1 to, the Act of 1983, and

(ii)

sections 2(3), 6(1) and (5), 7(1) and (3), 8(6) and (7) and 9(4), (7) and (8) of the Actof 1985.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 53 has been amended, but the amendment is not relevant in the context of these Regulations.
f2: The amendments to Schedule 2 which are relevant in the context of these Regulations are those made by section 4(7) of, paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to, and paragraph 87 of Schedule 4 to, the Act of 1985 and section 5 of the Representation of the People Act 1989 (c. 28).
f3: Rule 24 has been amended, but the amendment is not relevant in the context of these Regulations.