Electoral registration and administration

I114Registration as an elector: abolition of 3 month residence requirement

1

The following provisions (which impose or relate to the requirement that persons registering as electors in Northern Ireland must have been resident there for three months) are repealed or revoked—

a

in the Representation of the People Act 1983—

i

section 4(2);

ii

section 7B(5);

iii

section 7C(1)(b) (and the “and” before it);

iv

section 10(4A)(c)(ii) (but not the “and” after it);

v

section 10A(1A)(c)(ii) (but not the “and” after it);

vi

section 13A(2A)(c)(ii) (but not the “and” after it);

vii

section 14(2);

viii

section 17(1)(b) (but not the “and” after it);

b

in the European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1184)—

i

regulation 4(2);

ii

regulation 6(1)(c);

c

in the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1741), regulation 25(6).

2

In consequence of the amendments made by subsection (1)—

a

in the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989, in Schedule 1—

i

in Part 1, for “Section 4(2)” substitute “ Section 4(3) ”;

ii

in Part 2, omit paragraph 7(1);

b

in the Representation of the People Act 2000, omit paragraph 7 of Schedule 1.