European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2001/1184 |
| Year | 2001 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on the expiry of the period of fourteen days beginning with the day on which they are made.(2) In these Regulations—(3) These Regulations extend throughout the United Kingdom.Regulations 7 to 14 and 17 and 18 of the European Parliamentary Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Representatives) Regulations 1994
is registered in the region in the register of relevant citizens of the Union entitled to vote at European Parliamentary elections (maintained under regulation 5(2) below) ;is not subject to any legal incapacity to vote (age apart) ;is a relevant citizen of the Union; andis of voting age (that is, 18 years or over) .more than once in the same electoral region at any European Parliamentary election, orin more than one electoral region at a European Parliamentary general election.(3) In this regulation “legal incapacity" has the same meaning in relation to European Parliamentary elections as it has in the 1983 Act in relation to parliamentary elections.is resident in that part of the region;is not subject to any legal incapacity to vote (age apart) ;is a relevant citizen of the Union; andis of voting age;(2) A person is not entitled to be registered in the register maintained under regulation 5(2) below for the electoral region of Northern Ireland unless, in addition to complying with paragraph (1) above, he has been resident in Northern Ireland during the whole of the period of three months ending on the relevant date.any enactment imposing a disqualification for registration as a European Parliamentary elector, andcompliance with the requirements of these Regulations and any provision applied by these Regulations.his entry in the register shall give the date on which he will attain that age; anduntil the date given in the entry, he shall not by virtue of the entry be treated as an elector for any purposes other than those of an election the date of the poll for which is the date so given or any later date.(5) In this regulation—under subsections (2) to (4) of section 8 of the 1983 Act under the provision substituted by the Schedule to the Isles of Scilly Order 1978 (2) Each registration officer shall maintain a register of any person or persons entitled to be registered under regulation 4 above.the registers of parliamentary and local government electors, andany register of peers kept under section 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 the full name of the applicant;the address in respect of which the applicant claims to be registered and whether he is resident there on the relevant date;in the case of an application in Northern Ireland, that the applicant was resident in Northern Ireland for the whole of the period of three months ending on that date;if the applicant is not resident on the relevant date at the address in respect of which he claims to be registered, whether he has made a declaration of local connection;if the applicant is a merchant seaman on the relevant date, that fact; andeither that the applicant is aged 18 or over or, if not, the date of his birth.the nationality of the applicant;the applicant’s address in the United Kingdom, if different from the address given under paragraph (1) (b) above;where the applicant’s name has been entered in a register of electors in a locality or constituency in the Member State of which he is a national, the name of the locality or constituency where, so far as he knows, his name was last so entered; andthat the applicant will exercise any right which he has to vote at European Parliamentary elections at any such election only in the United Kingdom during the period for which any entry in the register of electors made in pursuance of this application remains in force.(3) The registration officer shall supply free of charge as many copies of forms for use in connection with applications and declarations under paragraphs (1) and (2) above as appear to that officer reasonable in the circumstances to any person who satisfies that officer of his intention to use the forms in connection with the registration of relevant citizens of the Union as European Parliamentary electors.(4) An application under paragraph (1) above and a declaration under paragraph (2) above shall be of no effect unless they are received by the registration officer concerned within the period of three months beginning with the date on which they are made.(5) In any case where the registration officer is not required to notify the applicant of the result of the application under the regulations applied by regulation 9 below, he shall so notify the applicant under this paragraph.(6) In this regulation—(1) A person who makes a statement which he knows to be false in an application or declaration required by regulation 6(1) and (2) above is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.(2) The provisions of Part III of the 1983 Act relating to the prosecution of offences, as applied by regulations made under the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 (1) As soon as practicable after the registration officer has registered the name of a relevant citizen of the Union in the register maintained under regulation 5(2) above in the circumstances set out in paragraph (2) below, he shall send a copy of the application and declaration made in pursuance of regulation 6(1) and (2) above by virtue of which he entered the name in the register to the Secretary of State.(2) Those circumstances are where the relevant citizen of the Union would be entitled to vote at a European Parliamentary general election in pursuance of the registration.the 1983 Act which
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