The Elections Act 2022 (Commencement No. 5 and Savings) Regulations 2022

Savings

3.—(1) The provisions which come into force in accordance with regulation 2 do not apply to an election in respect of which the qualifying date is on or before 3rd May 2023.

(2) In paragraph (1), “qualifying date” means the date of the poll as specified in the notice of election published in accordance with—

(a) in the case of a parliamentary election, rule 5 of Schedule 1 to RPA 1983(1);

(b) in the case of a local election in Northern Ireland, rule 4 of Schedule 5 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962(2);

(c) in the case of an election to the Northern Ireland Assembly, rule 5 of Schedule 1 to RPA 1983 (as applied by article 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001(3)).

(1)

1983 c. 2. See section 65 of the Elections Act 2022 for the meaning of “RPA 1983”. Rule 5 was amended by Part 1 of Schedule 2, paragraph 74 of Schedule 4, and Schedule 5 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50); by paragraphs 3 and 10 of Schedule 6 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2); and by section 19(1) and (3) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22).

(2)

1962 c. 14 (N.I.). Rule 4 was amended by S.I. 2010/2977.

(3)

S.I. 2001/2599; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2009/256, 2010/2892, 2015/1939.