Representation of the People Act 2000

  1. Introduction

  2. Summary

  3. Background

  4. The Act

  5. Commentary on Sections

    1. Section 1: New System of Electoral Registration

    2. Section 2: Disfranchisement of Offenders Detained in Mental Hospitals

    3. Section 3: Residence for the Purposes of Registration: General

    4. Section 4: Residence: Mental Patients who are not Detained Offenders

    5. Section 5: Residence: Persons Remanded in Custody etc.

    6. Section 6: Notional Residence: Declarations of Local Connection

    7. Section 7: Service Declarations

    8. Section 8: Further Amendments about Registration

    9. Section 9: Supply of Information Contained in the Register

    10. Section 10: Pilot Schemes

    11. Section 11: Revision of Procedures in the Light of Pilot Schemes

    12. Section 12: Changes Relating to Absent Voting in Great Britain

    13. Section 13: Assistance with Voting for Persons with Disabilities

    14. Section 14: Free delivery of election addresses at Greater London Authority elections

    15. Section 15: Minor and Consequential Amendments and Repeals.

    16. Section 16: Financial Provisions

    17. Section 17: Citation, Construction, Commencement and Extent

    18. Schedule 1: Registration: Amendment of 1983 Act

    19. Schedule 2: Registration: Overseas Electors

    20. Schedule 3: Registration: Local Elections in Northern Ireland.

    21. Schedule 4: Absent Voting

    22. Schedule 5: Free delivery of election addresses at first GLA mayoral election: New Schedule 3A to the Greater London Authority Act 1999

    23. Schedule 6: Minor and Consequential Amendments

    24. Schedule 7: Repeals

  6. Commencement

  7. Hansard References