European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 1991
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1991/1675 |
| Year | 1991 |
1991 No. 1675
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
The European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 1991
Made 23th July 1991
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 2
Whereas a draft of these Regulations has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 19781, I hereby make the following Regulations:
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 1991.
(2) These Regulations extend to Northern Ireland only.
2. These Regulations, except paragraph (b) of the amendment made by regulation 4 and regulation 6, shall come into force when regulations 1 to 6 and 8 of the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Variation of Specified Documents and Amendment) Regulations 19912come into force and paragraph (b) of the amendment made by regulation 4 and regulation 6 shall come into force when the Representation of the People Act 19903comes into force in Northern Ireland.
3. In these Regulations “the Regulations of 1986” means the European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 19864.
4. At the end of regulation 5(1) of the Regulations of 1986 (application with modifications of certain statutory provisions for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections) there shall be added the following:
“The entry in that Schedule—
(a) in respect of rule 37(1E) of the parliamentary elections rules in Schedule 1 to the Act of 19835is to that provision as amended by regulation 4 of the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Variation of Specified Documents and Amendment) Regulations 1991, and
(b) in respect of section 6 of the Act of 19856is to that provision as amended by section 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1990.”.
5. At the end of regulation 5(2) of the Regulations of 19867(application with modifications of certain subordinate legislation for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections) there shall be added the following:
“The entries in that Schedule in respect of forms E (elector’s official poll card) and F (proxy’s official poll card) in Schedule 2 to the Regulations of 19868are to those forms as amended by regulation 8 of the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Variation of Specified Documents and Amendment) Regulations 1991.”.
6. In the left-hand column of Schedule 2 to the...
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