The Greater London Authority Election (Early Voting) Order 2000

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Greater London Authority Election (Early Voting) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 24th March 2000.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“CMER” means the Constituency Members Election Rules contained in Schedule 1 to the Greater London Authority Elections (No. 2) Rules 2000(1);

“LMER” means the London Members Election Rules contained in Schedule 2 to the Greater London Authority Elections (No. 2) Rules 2000;

“MER” means the Mayoral Election Rules contained in Schedule 3 to the Greater London Authority Elections (No. 2) Rules 2000; and

“OER” means the Ordinary Election Rules contained in Schedule 4 to the Greater London Authority Elections (No. 2) Rules 2000.

Days, time and place of voting

3.—(1) An elector may vote, at a place determined in accordance with paragraph (2), in the poll for the first ordinary election of the Greater London Authority on Thursday 27th April 2000, Friday 28th April 2000 or Saturday 29th April 2000 between the hours of 7 in the morning and 9 at night.

(2) An elector voting in accordance with paragraph (1) whose name appears in the electoral register for an area specified in column (2) of an item in the table in Schedule 1 shall be entitled to vote at the polling station specified in column (3) of the item.

(3) Paragraph (1) has effect notwithstanding the provisions of section 40(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983(2).

Modification of the Greater London Authority Elections (No. 2) Rules 2000

4.  For the purposes of the first ordinary election of the Greater London Authority, the provisions of the Greater London Authority Elections (No. 2) Rules 2000 specified in column (1) of the Table in Schedule 2 shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in relation to those provisions in column (2).

Revocation

5.  The Greater London Authority (Early Voting) Order 2000(3) is revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Keith Hill

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

21st March 2000