Regulation 2 Provisions coming into force on 29th December 2022

The following provisions of the Elections Act 2022 come into force on 29th December 2022—

(a)

section 9 (assistance with voting for persons with disabilities), so far as not already in force;

(b)

section 12 (local elections and Assembly elections in Northern Ireland), so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 6 brought into force by paragraph (c);

(c)

the following paragraphs of Schedule 6 (local elections in Northern Ireland and elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly)—

(i)

paragraphs 1 and 6, so far as those paragraphs relate to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraphs (ii) to (iv);

(ii)

in paragraph 12—

(aa)

sub-paragraph (1), so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by paragraphs (bb) to (dd);

(bb)

sub-paragraph (3);

(cc)

sub-paragraph (4), so far as not already in force;

(dd)

sub-paragraph (5);

(iii)

in paragraph 16—

(aa)

sub-paragraph (1), so far as it relates to the provision brought into force by paragraph (bb);

(bb)

sub-paragraphs (2) and (4);

(iv)

paragraph 22;

(v)

paragraph 34(b);

(vi)

paragraph 35, so far as it relates to the provision brought into force by sub-paragraph (vii);

(vii)

paragraph 46.