European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (repealed)

Introductory

Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38)

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General elections

Voting system in Great Britain

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Voting system in Northern Ireland

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Date of elections

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Vacant seats

Filling vacant seats

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Conduct of elections

Returning officers

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Regulation-making powers: general

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Entitlement to vote

Persons entitled to vote

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Double voting

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Entitlement to be Member of the European ParliamentMEP

Disqualification

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Judicial determination of disqualification

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European Parliament

Ratification of treaties

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Supplementary

Regulations and orders

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Transitional provisions

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Consequential amendments

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Repeals and revocation

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General

Interpretation

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Short title and commencement

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SCHEDULE 1

Electoral regions

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Number of MEPs for each region

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SCHEDULE 2

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SCHEDULE 3

European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68)

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Juries Act 1974 (c. 23)

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Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1974 (S.I. 1974/2143)

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European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979 (c. 50)

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Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55)

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Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)

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Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)

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Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)

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SCHEDULE 4

TABLE OF ORIGINS

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This Table shows the origin of the provisions of the Act.

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The following abbreviations are used in the Table:—

Acts of Parliament

1978 = European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 (c. 10) (formerly known as the European Assembly Elections Act 1978 (c. 10))

1999 = European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 (c. 1)

Subordinate Legislation

1994/342 = European Parliamentary Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Representatives) Regulations 1994 (S.I.1994/342)

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The Table does not separately acknowledge the provisions of section 3 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) by virtue of which references to the European Parliament were substituted for references to the Assembly of the European Communities.

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Where the Act incorporates the effect of subordinate legislation, the Table gives the relevant provision of the subordinate instrument but does not refer to the statutory provision under which the instrument was made.

Provision	Origin
1(1)	1978 s. 1, 2(2), (3); 1999 s. 1.
(2)	1978 s. 2(4); 1999 s. 1.
(3)	1978 s. 2(5); 1999 s. 1.
2(1)	1978 s. 3(1); 1999 s. 1.
(2)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 2(3B); 1999 s. 1, Sch. 2 para. 6.
(3)	1978 s. 3(1); 1999 s. 1.
(4) to (9)	1978 s. 3(2) to (7); 1999 s. 1.
(10)	1978 s. 3(8)(a); Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 (c. 48) Sch. 3 para. 1; 1999 s. 1; Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) Sch. 21 para. 5(2).
3	1978 s. 3A; 1999 s. 1.
4	1978 s. 3D(1); 1999 s. 1.
5	1978 Sch. 1 para. 3(1) to (3); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 8.
6(1) to (4)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 4(1); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 9.
(5)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 4(2); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 9.
(6)	1978 s. 7(1)(a) and (aa); 1999 s. 4.
(7) and (8)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 4(3) and (4); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 9.
7(1)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 2(3); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 5.
(2)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 2(3A); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 6; Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) Sch. 21 para. 5(3).
(3)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 2(4)(a).
(4)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 2(4)(b).
(5)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 2(5); Welsh Language Act 1993 (c. 38) s. 35(3).
8	1978 s. 3C; 1999 s. 1; European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1184), reg. 11(a).
9(1)	1978 ss. 4(1) and 8(2)(a).
(2)	1978 s. 4(1); 1999 Sch. 3 para. 1.
(3)	1978 s. 4(2); Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) Sch. 8 para. 21(a) and (b).
(4)	1978 s. 4(2); Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) Sch. 8 para. 21(c) and (d).
10(1)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(1); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 10(a).
(2)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(3)(a) to (d); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 10(a); House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001 (c. 13), Sch. 1 para. 2.
(3)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(3)(e); S.I. 1994/342 reg. 3(2); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 10(a).
(4)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(2); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 10(a), (b).
(5)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(2A) and (2B); S.I. 1994/342 reg. 3(1); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 10(a).
(6)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(4) and (4A); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 10(c); Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) s. 142(2).
(7)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(5); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 10(a), (b) and (d).
(8)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(1) and s. 8(2)(a).
11(1)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 6(1) and (5) (“disqualified”); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 11(2) and (4); Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)s. 142(3).
(2)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 6(5) (court); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 11(4).
(3)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 6(1A); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 11(2).
(4)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 6(2); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 11(3).
(5)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 6(6); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 11(5).
(6)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 6(3).
(7)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 6(4).
12	1978 s. 6.
13(1)	1978 s. 9(2).
(2)	1978 Sch. 1 para. 2(6).
(3)(a)	1978 Sch. 1 paras. 5(6), 6(7); 1999 Sch. 2 para. 11(5).
(3)(b)	1978 Sch. 2 para. 4(7); 1999 Sch. 1.
(4)	1978 s. 3D(2) and Sch. 1 para. 3(4); 1999 s. 1 and Sch. 2 para. 8.
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17	“enactment”: 1978 s. 8(2)(b)
	“Act annexed to Council Decision 76/787”: 1978 s. 8(2)(a)
	“citizen of the European Union”: 1978 Sch. 1 para. 5(2A) and (3)(e); 1994/342 reg. 3.
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Sch. 1
paras. 1 to 3	1978 Sch. 2 paras. 1 to 3; 1999 Sch. 1.
para. 4(1)	1978 Sch. 2 para. 4(5A); 1999 Sch. 1; Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) Sch. 6 para. 2(4).
(2)	1978 Sch. 2 para. 4(1), (3) and (4); 1999 Sch. 1; Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) Sch. 6 para. 2(2) and (3).
(3)	1978 Sch. 2 para. 4(4)(a) and (b), (5A); Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)s. 202(1) and Local Government Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Members) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1948) reg. 4(2); 1999 Sch. 1; Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) Sch. 6 para. 2(4).
(4)	1978 Sch. 2 para. 4(2); 1999 Sch.1.
(5)	1978 Sch. 2 para. 4(6), s. 8(2)(a); 1999 Sch. 1.
(6)	1978 Sch. 2 para. 4(5); 1999 Sch. 1. Paragraph 9 of 1994/342 was repealed and replaced by the European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1184). The cross-reference is therefore to the relevant provision of those regulations.
Table	1978 Sch. 2 Table; 1999 Sch. 1.
Sch. 2	—
Sch. 3
para. 1	European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993 (c. 41) s. 3(2).
paras. 2 and 3	1978 s. 5(1).
para. 4	1999 Sch. 3 para. 2.
paras. 5 to 8	—
Sch. 4	—

Periodic reviews of distribution of MEPs

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Number of MEPs and electoral regions

Disqualification

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SCHEDULE 1A

Electoral Commission review and recommendation

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Exclusion or suspension of duties under paragraph 1

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Implementation of Electoral Commission recommendation

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Implementation of Electoral Commission recommendation

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Exclusion or suspension of duties and powers under paragraph 3 or 4

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Supplementary

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European Communities Act 1972 (c.68)

Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1974 (S.I. 1974/2143)

European Communities Act 1972 (c.68)

Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38)

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41)

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41)

TABLE OF ORIGINS

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Editorial notes

[^key-99136a09da1b0d90cfd72bc76965e12e]: Act repealed (4.7.2018 for the repeal of s. 1A, Sch. 1A, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(4), Sch. 9 (with s. 19, Sch. 8 para. 37); S.I. 2018/808, reg. 3(i); S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 2 (with reg. 22); and with further savings in S.I. 2018/1310, reg. 6 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1389, regs. 1, 2)

Regulation-making powers: general

Ratification of treaties

European Communities Act 1972 (c.68)

Broadcasting Act 1996 (c.55)

Scotland Act 1998 (c.46)

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European Communities Act 1972 (c.68)

Ratification of treaties

Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1974 (S.I. 1974/2143)

Broadcasting Act 1996 (c.55)

Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38)

Scotland Act 1998 (c.46)

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41)

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Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41)

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