Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)

SCHEDULES

Section 206.

SCHEDULE 8 Consequential Amendments Acts

Public Meeting Act 1908

1 After subsection (3) of section 1 of the [1908, 8 Edw. 7 c. 66.] Public Meeting Act 1908 insert the following subsection—

“(4) This section does not apply as respects meetings to which section 97 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 applies.”

City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957

2 In section 4 of the [1957, 5 & 6 Eliz. 2 c. x.] City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957—

(a) in subsection (1) for " ' Act of 1949'" substitute " ' Act of 1983 ' " , and for " Representation of the People Act 1949 " substitute " Representation of the People Act 1983 " ;

(b) in subsection (1), for " set out in the Second Schedule to the Act of 1949" substitute made by the Secretary of State under section 36 of the Act of 1983 " ;

(c) in subsection (2), for "Act of 1949" substitute " Representation of the People Act 1949 " .

3 In section 8 of the [1957, 5 & 6 Eliz. 2 c. x.] City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) for " Act of 1949 " substitute " Act of 1983 " and for " section 167 " substitute " sections 191 to 196 " ;

(ii) for the words after "apply to and in respect of ward elections " to the end substitute the words—

• “section 3 (disfranchisement of offenders in prison, etc.);

• section 6 (residence: merchant seamen) ;

• sections 14(1) and 15 to 17 (service qualifications and declarations for registration) ;

• section 32 (voting at local government elections) ;

• section 33 (absent voters at local government elections) ;

• section 34 (proxies at local government elections) ; section 46 (further provision as to local election voting);

• section 59 (supplemental provisions as to members of forces and service voters).”

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) for " section 23 of the 1949 Act" substitute " section 32 of the 1983 Act " ;

(ii) for "' at the polling station allotted to them under the local election rules'" substitute " ' at the polling station allotted to them by the rules under section 36 or section 42 below' " .

(c) in subsection (3), for " section 25 of the Act of 1949 " substitute " section 34 of the Act of 1983 " ;

(d) in subsection (4), for "Act of 1949" substitute " Act of 1983 " and for "rule 21 of the local elections rules" substitute " rule 20 of the [S.I. 1973/79.] Local Elections (Principal Areas) Rules 1973 " ;

(e) in subsection (5), for " Act of 1949 " substitute " Act of 1983 " .

4 In section 9(4) of the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957 for " Act of 1949" substitute " Act of 1983 " .

City of London (Various Powers) Act 1960

5 In section 39 of the [8 & 9 Eliz. 2 c. xxxvi.] City of London (Various Powers) Act 1960—

(a) in paragraph (b) of subsection (1), for "[1949 c. 68.] Representation of the People Act 1949 " substitute " Representation of the People Act 1983 " ;

(b) in subsection (2), for "Act of 1949" substitute " Act of 1983 " .

London Government Act 1963

6 In Schedule 3 to the [1963 c. 33.] London Government Act 1963—

(a) in paragraph 22 of Part II, for " Representation of the People Act 1949 " substitute " Representation of the People Act 1983 " ;

(b) in paragraph 23 of Part II, for " said Acts of 1949 " substitute " Representation of the People Act 1983 " .

Licensing Act 1964

7 In section 12(2) of the [1964 c. 26.] Licensing Act 1964 for " section 146(6) of the [1949 c. 68.] Representation of the People Act 1949 " substitute " section 168(7) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 " .

8 In section 67(5) of the Licensing Act 1964, for " Representation of the People Act 1949" substitute " Representation of the People Act 1983 " , and—

(a) in paragraph (a) of that subsection, for " section 47, section 48 " substitute " section 60, section 61 " , and for " section 52 " substitute " section 65 " ;

(b) in paragraph (b) of that subsection, for " section 53 " substitute " section 66 " ;

(c) in paragraph (c) of that subsection, for " sections 99 to 101 " substitute " sections 113 to 115 " ;

(d) in paragraph (d) of that subsection, for "sections 146 to 148 and 151 " substitute " sections 168 to 170 and 173 " ;

(e) in paragraph (i) of that subsection, for " section 53 " substitute " section 66 " ; and

(f) in paragraph (ii) of that subsection, for " section 99 " substitute " section 113 " .

9 In section 67(6) of the Licensing Act 1964—

(a) for "sections 147 and 151 of the Representation of the People Act 1949 " substitute " sections 169 and 173 of the Representation of the People Act 1983) " ; and

(b) for " section 151 " substitute " section 173 " .

10 In Schedule 8 to the Licensing Act 1964—

(a) in paragraph 1, for " section 42 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 " substitute " section 36 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 " ;

(b) in paragraph 5—

(i) for " section 42 of the Representation of the People Act 1949 " substitute " section 53 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 " ;

(ii) for " section 53(4) of the Representation of the People Act 1949 " substitute " section 66(4) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 " .

Post Office Act 1969

11 In section 72(1) of the [1969 c. 48.] Post Office Act 1969 for " Representation of the People Act 1949" substitute "Representation of the People Act 1983 " .

Local Government Act 1972

12 In the following provisions of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 for " Representation of the People Act 1949 " substitute " Representation of the People Act 1983 " —sections 6(1), 9(5), 11(3)(6), 16(2), 25(1), 28(2), 29(3)(b). 35(1), 80(1)(e), 86(b) and Schedule 2, paragraph 6(1).

13 In section 89(6) of the Local Government Act 1972 for " section 42 above " substitute " section 36 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 " .

14 In paragraphs 18(5) and 34(5) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 for " section 42 above and of the enactments mentioned in section 165(1) of the [1949 c. 68.] Representation of the People Act 1949" substitute " section 36 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and of the enactments mentioned in section 187(1) of that Act " .

Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

15 In the [1973 c. 65.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973—

(a) in section 4(1), for " Act of 1949 " substitute " Representation of the People Act 1983 " ;

(b) in paragraph (d) of section 31(1), for "Representation of the People Act 1949" substitute " Representation of the People Act 1983 " .

16 In paragraph (b) of section 64(5) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, for " section 6(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1949 " substitute " section 8(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 " .

Juries Act 1974

17 In section 3(1) of the [1974 c. 23.] Juries Act 1974, for " Representation of the People Act 1949 " substitute " Representation of the People Act 1983 " .

House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975

18 In section 6(3) of the [1975 c. 24.] House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, for "section 124(5) of the Representation of the People Act 1949 " substitute " section 144(7) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 " .

19 For section 10 of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 substitute—

“10 Saving as to disqualification of priests in holy orders etc.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the enactments relating to the disqualification for membership of the House of Commons of priests in holy orders or ministers of any religious denomination.”

20 In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975—

(a) for the reference to " Registration Officer appointed under Part in of the Local Government Act 1972" substitute " Registration Officer appointed under section 8(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 " ;

(b) for the reference to " Returning Officer under section 17(2) of the [1949 c. 68.] Representation of the People Act 1949 and any Deputy Returning Officer appointed by him" substitute " Returning Officer under section 25(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and any Deputy Returning Officer appointed by him. "

European Assembly Elections Act 1978

21 In section 4(2) of the [1978 c. 10.] European Assembly Elections Act 1978—

(a) for "Representation of the People Act 1949" substitute " Representation of the People Act 1983 " ;

(b) for " section 48(2) " substitute " section 61(2) " ;

(c) for " section 48(7) " substitute " section 61(7) " ; and

(d) for " section 155 " substitute " section 178 " .

22 In paragraph (b) of section 7(2) of the European Assembly Elections Act 1978 for " section 43(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1949" substitute " section 54(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 " .

23 In paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 1 to the European Assembly Elections Act 1978, for " section 6 of the [1973 c. 65.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 " substitute " section 41 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 " .

Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978

24 In paragraph (h) of section 35(2) of the [1978 c. 23.] Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, for "sections 107 to 136 of the Representation of the People Act 1949 " substitute " sections 120 to 156 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 " .

25 In section 108(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 for "section 110 of the Representation of the People Act 1949" substitute " section 123 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 " .

Supreme Court Act 1981

26 In section 142(1) of the [1981 c. 54.] Supreme Court Act 1981, for " Representation of the People Act 1949 " substitute " Representation of the People Act 1983 " .

Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982

27 In section 70(2) of the [1982 c. 31.] Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 for " Sections 62 and 64(2) above and Schedule 2 to this Act extend " substitute " Section 64(2) above extends " . Order

Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

28 In Schedule 1 to the [S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8).] Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, in paragraph 5 of Part II, for " Representation of the People Act 1949 " substitute " Representation of the People Act 1983 " .