The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 1342

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

Made

10th May 1999

Coming into force

18th May 1999

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983(1), as applied by regulation 5(1) of and Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1986(2), I hereby make the following Order with the consent of the Treasury:

(1)

1983 c. 2; section 29 has been amended by section 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11), and by the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order (S.I. 1991/1728); the functions formerly conferred on the Treasury have been transferred to the Secretary of State by that Order. The powers in section 29(3) are extended by section 29(4).

(2)

S.I. 1986/2250; the title of these Regulations was amended by section 3(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) on the coming into force of the Single European Act (Cmnd. 9758) on 1st July 1987. The amendments to section 29 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 referred to in the previous footnote apply for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections by virtue of sections 20(2) and 23(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30).