Representation of the People Act 2000

Representation of the People Act 2000

2000 CHAPTER 2

Commentary on Sections

Schedule 3: Registration: Local Elections in Northern Ireland.

125. Nothing in the Representation of the People Act 1983 affects the law relating to local government elections in Northern Ireland (see section 205 (2)). The franchise for such elections is set out in section 1 of the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989.

126. Provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1983 are applied, with modifications, to local elections in Northern Ireland by Schedule 1 to the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989.

127. Schedule 3 to this Act makes changes to section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 consequential on the changes to the Representation of the People Act 1983 made by the provisions of the Act which introduce “rolling registration”.

128. Paragraph 2 replaces subsections (1) and (2) of section 1 of the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989, which set out the franchise for local elections in Northern Ireland, to reflect the changes which section 1 of the Act makes to section 2 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (franchise for local government elections in Great Britain).

129. Paragraph 3 amends Part I of Schedule 1 to the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 which lists provisions in the Representation of the People Act 1983 which are applied for the purposes of the registration of local electors in Northern Ireland. Paragraph 3(2) adds to that list the new provision (inserted by section 2 of this Act) which provides for the disfranchisement of offenders detained in mental hospitals. The changes made by the remainder of paragraph 3 reflect the changes made by sections 3 to 6 of, and Schedule 1 to, this Act.

130. Paragraph 4 amends Part II of Schedule 1 to the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989, which modifies certain of the provisions in the Representation of the People Act 1983 which have been applied by Part I of that Schedule for the purpose of the registration of local electors. The amendments made by paragraph 4 take account of the changes made by this Act.