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1This Table shows the origin of the provisions of the Act.
2The following abbreviations are used in the Table:—E+W+S+N.I.
Acts of Parliament
1978 = European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 (c. 10) (formerly known as the European Assembly Elections Act 1978 (c. 10))
1999 = European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 (c. 1)
Subordinate Legislation
1994/342 = European Parliamentary Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Representatives) Regulations 1994 (S.I.1994/342)
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3The Table does not separately acknowledge the provisions of section 3 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) by virtue of which references to the European Parliament were substituted for references to the Assembly of the European Communities.E+W+S+N.I.
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4Where the Act incorporates the effect of subordinate legislation, the Table gives the relevant provision of the subordinate instrument but does not refer to the statutory provision under which the instrument was made.E+W+S+N.I.
| Provision | Origin |
|---|---|
| 1(1) | 1978 s. 1, 2(2), (3); 1999 s. 1. |
| (2) | 1978 s. 2(4); 1999 s. 1. |
| (3) | 1978 s. 2(5); 1999 s. 1. |
| 2(1) | 1978 s. 3(1); 1999 s. 1. |
| (2) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 2(3B); 1999 s. 1, Sch. 2 para. 6. |
| (3) | 1978 s. 3(1); 1999 s. 1. |
| (4) to (9) | 1978 s. 3(2) to (7); 1999 s. 1. |
| (10) | 1978 s. 3(8)(a); Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 (c. 48) Sch. 3 para. 1; 1999 s. 1; Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) Sch. 21 para. 5(2). |
| 3 | 1978 s. 3A; 1999 s. 1. |
| 4 | 1978 s. 3D(1); 1999 s. 1. |
| 5 | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 3(1) to (3); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 8. |
| 6(1) to (4) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 4(1); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 9. |
| (5) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 4(2); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 9. |
| (6) | 1978 s. 7(1)(a) and (aa); 1999 s. 4. |
| (7) and (8) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 4(3) and (4); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 9. |
| 7(1) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 2(3); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 5. |
| (2) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 2(3A); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 6; Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) Sch. 21 para. 5(3). |
| (3) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 2(4)(a). |
| (4) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 2(4)(b). |
| (5) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 2(5); Welsh Language Act 1993 (c. 38) s. 35(3). |
| 8 | 1978 s. 3C; 1999 s. 1; European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1184), reg. 11(a). |
| 9(1) | 1978 ss. 4(1) and 8(2)(a). |
| (2) | 1978 s. 4(1); 1999 Sch. 3 para. 1. |
| (3) | 1978 s. 4(2); Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) Sch. 8 para. 21(a) and (b). |
| (4) | 1978 s. 4(2); Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) Sch. 8 para. 21(c) and (d). |
| 10(1) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(1); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 10(a). |
| (2) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(3)(a) to (d); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 10(a); House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001 (c. 13), Sch. 1 para. 2. |
| (3) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(3)(e); S.I. 1994/342 reg. 3(2); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 10(a). |
| (4) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(2); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 10(a), (b). |
| (5) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(2A) and (2B); S.I. 1994/342 reg. 3(1); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 10(a). |
| (6) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(4) and (4A); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 10(c); Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) s. 142(2). |
| (7) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(5); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 10(a), (b) and (d). |
| (8) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(1) and s. 8(2)(a). |
| 11(1) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 6(1) and (5) (“disqualified”); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 11(2) and (4); Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)s. 142(3). |
| (2) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 6(5) (court); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 11(4). |
| (3) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 6(1A); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 11(2). |
| (4) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 6(2); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 11(3). |
| (5) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 6(6); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 11(5). |
| (6) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 6(3). |
| (7) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 6(4). |
| 12 | 1978 s. 6. |
| 13(1) | 1978 s. 9(2). |
| (2) | 1978 Sch. 1 para. 2(6). |
| (3)(a) | 1978 Sch. 1 paras. 5(6), 6(7); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 11(5). |
| (3)(b) | 1978 Sch. 2 para. 4(7); 1999 Sch. 1. |
| (4) | 1978 s. 3D(2) and Sch. 1 para. 3(4); 1999 s. 1 and Sch. 2 para. 8. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | |
| 16 | |
| 17 | “enactment”: 1978 s. 8(2)(b) |
| “Act annexed to Council Decision 76/787”: 1978 s. 8(2)(a) | |
| “citizen of the European Union”: 1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(2A) and (3)(e); 1994/342 reg. 3. | |
| 18 | |
| Sch. 1 | |
| paras. 1 to 3 | 1978 Sch. 2 paras. 1 to 3; 1999 Sch. 1. |
| para. 4(1) | 1978 Sch. 2 para. 4(5A); 1999 Sch. 1; Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) Sch. 6 para. 2(4). |
| (2) | 1978 Sch. 2 para. 4(1), (3) and (4); 1999 Sch. 1; Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) Sch. 6 para. 2(2) and (3). |
| (3) | 1978 Sch. 2 para. 4(4)(a) and (b), (5A); Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)s. 202(1) and Local Government Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Members) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1948) reg. 4(2); 1999 Sch. 1; Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) Sch. 6 para. 2(4). |
| (4) | 1978 Sch. 2 para. 4(2); 1999 Sch.1. |
| (5) | 1978 Sch. 2 para. 4(6), s. 8(2)(a); 1999 Sch. 1. |
| (6) | 1978 Sch. 2 para. 4(5); 1999 Sch. 1. Paragraph 9 of 1994/342 was repealed and replaced by the European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1184). The cross-reference is therefore to the relevant provision of those regulations. |
| Table | 1978 Sch. 2 Table; 1999 Sch. 1. |
| Sch. 2 | |
| Sch. 3 | |
| para. 1 | European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993 (c. 41) s. 3(2). |
| paras. 2 and 3 | 1978 s. 5(1). |
| para. 4 | 1999 Sch. 3 para. 2. |
| paras. 5 to 8 | |
| Sch. 4 |
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