Representation of the People Act 1983
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1983 c. 2 |
| Year | 1983 |
18A: Polling districts at parliamentary elections: Great Britain">F333F334 18A: Polling districts at parliamentary elections: Great Britain
F336 18AA: Polling districts at parliamentary elections: Northern Ireland
18B: Polling places at parliamentary elections
F337 18C: Review of polling districts and places: Great Britain
F340 18CA: Review of polling places: Northern Ireland
18D: Review of polling districts and places: representations to Electoral Commission
18E: Sections 18A to 18D: supplemental
F343 19, 20: … … … … … … … … … …
F344 21, 22: … … … … … … … … … …
Conduct of parliamentary elections
Place and manner of voting at local government elections
Conduct of local government elections in England and Wales
Conduct of local government elections in Scotland
Supplemental provisions as to local government elections
Supplemental provisions as to parliamentary and local government elections
Offences
Part II: The Election Campaign
73: Payment of expenses through election agent
F656 74: Expenses which may be paid otherwise than by election agent
F664 74A: Expenses incurred otherwise than for election purposes
75: Prohibition of expenses not authorised by election agent
F689 75ZA: Return of permitted expenditure: power to require return
F689 75ZB: Return of permitted expenditure: compliance and sanctions
F690 75A: Scottish local government elections: prohibition of expenses not authorised by election agent
76: Limitation of election expenses
76: Limitation of election expenses
76: Limitation of election expenses
F719 76ZA: Limitation of pre-candidacy election expenses for certain general elections
F725 76A: Power to vary provisions about election expenses
77: Expenses limit for joint candidates at local election
78: Time for sending in and paying claims
79: Disputed claims
80: Election agent’s claim
81: Return as to election expenses
82: Declarations as to election expenses
83: Where no return and declarations needed at parliamentary elections
84: Penalty for failure as respects return or declarations
85: Penalty for sitting or voting where no return and declarations transmitted
F767 85A: Disqualification where no...
- 23: Rules for parliamentary elections
- 24: Returning officers: England and Wales
- 25: Returning officers: Scotland
- 26: Returning officer: Northern Ireland
- 27: Returning officers generally
- 28: Discharge of returning officer’s functions in England and Wales
- 29: Payments by and to returning officer
- F371 29A: Inadequate performance of returning officer: reduction of charges
- 30: Taxation of returning officer’s account
- 31: Polling districts and stations at local government elections
- F383 32–34: … … … … … … … … … …
- 35: Returning officers: local elections in England and Wales
- F392 36: Local elections in England …
- F412 36A: Rules for local elections in Wales
- F413 36B: Combination of local elections in Wales
- F413 36C: Expenditure by returning officers at local elections in Wales
- F414 37: Ordinary day of local elections in England …
- F421 37ZA: Ordinary day of local elections in Wales
- F430 37A: Power to change date of local elections to date of European Parliamentary general election: England
- F431 37B: Power to change date of local elections to date of European Parliamentary general election: Wales
- F432 38: … … … … … … … … … …
- 39: Local elections void etc in England and Wales
- 40: Timing as to local elections in England and Wales
- 41: Returning officers: local elections in Scotland
- 42: Local elections in Scotland
- 43: Day of ordinary local elections in Scotland, and other timing provisions
- F472 44: … … … … … … … … … …
- 45: Non-election of local authority etc in Scotland
- F474 46: Further provision as to local election voting in England
- F478 46A: Further provision as to local election voting in Wales
- 47: Loan of equipment for local elections
- 48: Validity of local elections, and legal costs
- 49: Effect of registers
- 50: Effect of misdescription
- F494 51: … … … … … … … … … …
- 52: Discharge of registration duties
- 53: Power to make regulations as to registration etc
- 54: Payment of expenses of registration
- F520 55: … … … … … … … … … …
- 56: Registration appeals: England and Wales
- 57: Registration appeals: Scotland
- F537 58: Registration appeals: Northern Ireland
- 59: Supplemental provisions as to members of forces and service voters
- F548 59A: Reports on voter identification requirements in Great Britain
- 60: Personation
- 61: Other voting offences
- 62: Offences as to declarations
- F575 62A: Offences relating to applications for postal and proxy votes
- F576 62B: Scottish local government elections: offences relating to applications for postal and proxy votes
- F578 62C: Influencing voters at polling booths
- F579 63: Breach of official duty
- F584 64: … … … … … … … … … …
- 65: Tampering with nomination papers, ballot papers, etc
- F588 65A: False statements in nomination papers etc
- F593 65B: Scottish local government elections: false information in nomination papers etc
- 66: Requirement of secrecy
- F607 66A: Prohibition on publication of exit polls
- F608 66B: Failure to comply with conditions relating to supply etc of certain documents
- The Election agent
- 67: Appointment of election agent
- F619 68: Nomination of sub-agent at parliamentary or Authority elections
- 69: Office of election agent and sub-agent
- 70: Effect of default in election agent’s appointment
- F640 70A: Application of s70 in relation to election of London members of the London Assembly
- 71: Elections where election agent not required
- F641 Donations to candidates
- F642 71A: Control of donations to candidates
- Election expenses
- F643
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