3 Amendments to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002
1 The European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 shall be amended as follows.
2002 (c. 24); which is amended by sections 1, 8, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 25, and extended to Gibraltar by section 19, of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (c. 7).
2 In section 1(2)(a) (number of MEPs and electoral regions) for “England is” substitute “the area of England and Gibraltar is”;
3 In section 2 (voting system in Great Britain)—
(a) in the heading, at the end, insert “and Gibraltar”; and
(b) in subsection (1) for “in Great Britain” substitute “other than Northern Ireland”.
4 In section 9(2) (double voting) after “United Kingdom” insert “and Gibraltar”.
5 In section 11(2) (judicial determination of disqualification) for “in England, or is Wales” substitute “an electoral region in England and Wales or the combined region”.
6 In Schedule 1 (electoral regions in England)—
(a) in the heading after “England” insert “and Gibraltar”;
(b) in paragraph 1 after “England” insert “and Gibraltar”;
(c) in paragraph 2(2) after “United Kingdom” insert “and Gibraltar”; and
(d) in column (2) of the Table in the list of areas comprising the South West electoral region, below “Isles of Scilly”, insert “Gibraltar”.