The Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1989

Made: 27th June 1989

In exercise of the power conferred upon me by section 13(2) of the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989[^f00001], I hereby make the following Order:—

1

This Order may be cited as the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1989.

2

Section 1(2) of the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 shall come into force on 16th February 1990.

3

Schedule 1 to the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989, except so far as that Schedule relates to sections 3 and 4 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (“the 1983 Act”)[^f00002] shall:

• (a) so far as it relates to sections 53, 201 and 202(1) of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1983 Act, come into force forthwith;

• (b) so far as it relates to sections 49 and 50 of the 1983 Act, come into force on16th February 1990, and

• (c) so far as it relates to the remaining provisions of the 1983 Act applied by that Schedule, come into force on 1st August 1989.

Signed

Northern Ireland Office

Tom King — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 27th June 1989

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings section 1(2) of, and Schedule 1(except so far as it relates to sections 3 and 4 of the Representation of the People Act 1983) to, the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 into force on the various dates set out in articles 2 and 3. Schedule 1, so far as it relates to sections 3 and 4 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, came into force on Royal Assent.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1989 c. 3.

[^f00002]: 1983 c. 2.