Representation of the People Act 2000 (Version in vigour from 2022-08-27 to )

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Representation of the People Act 2000
Part I: Electoral registration and franchise

New system of registration

1: New system of electoral registration.

Disfranchisement

2: Disfranchisement of offenders detained in mental hospitals.

Residence for purposes of registration

3: Residence for purposes of registration: general.
4: Residence: patients in mental hospitals who are not detained offenders or on remand.
5: Residence: persons remanded in custody etc.
6: Notional residence: declarations of local connection.

Service voters

7: Service declarations.

Further amendments

8: Further amendments about registration.: Schedules 1, 2 and 3, which make consequential and connected amendments of—

Supply of information contained in register

9: Restriction on supply of information contained in register.

Part II: Conduct of elections

New electoral procedures

10: Pilot schemes for local elections in England and Wales.
11: Revision of procedures in the light of pilot schemes.

Manner of voting

12: Changes relating to absent voting at elections in Great Britain.

Persons with disabilities

13: Assistance with voting for persons with disabilities.

Part III: Miscellaneous and General

Miscellaneous

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

General

15: Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.
16: Financial provisions.
16A: Functions of the Minister for the Cabinet Office
17: Citation, construction, commencement and extent.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Section 8.
Registration: amendments of 1983 Act

Introductory
Residence
Registers of electors
Maintenance of registers
Publication of registers
Service declarations
Polling districts
Effect of registers
Regulations about registration
Registration appeals: England and Wales
Registration appeals: Northern Ireland
Service voters
Offences
Election expenses
Election addresses
Evidence of registration
Regulations under the Act
Interpretation
Parliamentary elections rules
Content of regulations as to registration

SCHEDULE 2 Section 8.
Registration: overseas electors

Introductory
Franchise for parliamentary elections
Registration of overseas electors
Franchise for European Parliamentary elections

SCHEDULE 3 Section 8.
Registration: local elections in Northern Ireland

Introductory
Registration of electors
Application of provisions of 1983 Act
Modification of provisions of 1983 Act

SCHEDULE 4 Section 12.
Absent voting in Great Britain

Interpretation
Manner of voting at parliamentary or local government elections
Absent vote at elections for definite or indefinite period
Absent vote at particular election
Absent voters list
Proxies at elections
Voting as proxy
Provision of fresh signatures
Use of personal identifier information
Notification of rejected postal vote
Regulations under paragraph 7E in relation to local government elections in Scotland
Offences

SCHEDULE 5 Section 14.
Free delivery of election addresses at first GLA mayoral election: New Schedule 3A to the Greater London Authority Act 1999
SCHEDULE 6 Section 15.
Minor and consequential amendments

City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957 (c. x)
European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 (c. 10)
The 1983 Act
Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50)
Finance Act 1996 (c. 8)

SCHEDULE 7 Section 15.
Repeals

Part I: Repeals extending to whole of the United Kingdom
Part II: Repeals extending to England, Wales and Scotland
Part III: Repeals extending to Northern Ireland only

Representation of the People Act 2000

2000 c. 2

An Act to make new provision with respect to the registration of voters for the purposes of parliamentary and local government elections; to make other provision in relation to voting at such elections; and for connected purposes.

[9th March 2000]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

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