Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002

40. Sections 5 and 8 came into force on Royal Assent on 1 May 2002. The Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (Commencement) Order 2002 brings into force all of the remaining provisions of the 2002 Act. Section 6 of the Act shall come into force on 1 July 2002, sections 1 and 7 shall come into force on 1 September 2002 and sections 2,3 and 4 shall come into force on 1 December 2002. The coming into force of the amendments made by section 3 of the Act shall not apply in respect of an election where the last day for the publication of the notice of election is before 1 December 2002.

Date	Parliamentary Stage	Hansard Reference
10 July 2001	Commons Second Reading	Columns 688 - 743
16 October 2001	Commons Committee First and Second Sittings	Columns 1 - 80
18 October 2001	Commons Committee Third and Fourth Sittings	Columns 81 - 144
31 October 2001	Commons Report and Third Reading	Columns 907 - 975
8 January 2002	Lords Second Reading	Columns 445 – 468
4 February 2002	Lords Committee	Columns 479 – 494
25 February 2002	Lords Report	Columns 1254 – 1265
4 March 2002	Lords Third Reading	Columns 11 - 16
15 April 2002	Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments	Columns 380 - 413