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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 2009 No. 725
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the 2001 Regulations” means the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001(1);
“the 2001 Scotland Regulations” means the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001(2).
(3) These Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland.
S.I. 2001/341, amended by S.I. 2001/1700, S.I. 2002/1871, S.I. 2005/2114, S.I. 2006/752, S.I. 2006/2910 and S.I. 2006/3406; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
S.I. 2001/497 (S. 2), amended by S.I. 2001/1749 (S. 11), S.I. 2002/1872 (S. 7), S.I. 2005/2114, S.I. 2006/834 (S. 9), S.I. 2006/3406, S.I. 2007/925 (S. 2); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
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