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that persons registering as electors in Northern Ireland must have been resident there for three months) are repealed or revoked—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.