The European Parliamentary Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Representatives) Regulations 1994

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 1994-02-16
Last updated 2020-12-31
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Made: 16th February 1994

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)

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PART I — CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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PART II — CHANGES TO THE QUALIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES AND ASSOCIATED AMENDMENTS ABOUT CITIZENS OF THE UNION

Amendments to paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1978

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Offence of standing as a candidate in more than one Member State

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Amendments about candidates etc. to European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1986

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Amendments about candidates etc. to European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1986

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PART III — CHANGES TO THE FRANCHISE AND PROVISIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION

Extension of the franchise at European Parliamentary elections

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Registration officers

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Registration of relevant citizens of the Union

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Right to be registered

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Punishment of false statement in application and declaration under regulation 10(2) and (3)

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Copies of certain applications and declarations to be sent to the Secretary of State

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Service voters

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Patient’s declaration

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Amendments about electors to European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1986

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Amendments about electors to European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1986

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Amendments to Regulations under the Representation of the People Acts

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PART IV — PROVISIONS IN RESPECT OF FIRST REGISTERS OF RELEVANT CITIZENS OF THE UNION

Modifications in respect of first registers of relevant citizens.

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SCHEDULE — AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS UNDER REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACTS

PART I — AMENDMENTS TO REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE REGULATIONS 1986

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PART II — AMENDMENTS TO REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 1986

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PART III — AMENDMENTS TO REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (NORTHERN IRELAND) REGULATIONS 1986

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Signed

Michael Howard — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — Home Office — 16th February 1994

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00002]: The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/2661).

[^f00003]: 1978 c. 10; the citation of this Act has been amended by section 3(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) on the coming into force of the Single European Act (Cmnd. 9758) on 1st July 1987.

[^f00004]: 1983 c. 2.

[^f00005]: Treaty Series No. 47 (1988), Cm. 455.

[^f00006]: Cm. 1934.

[^f00007]: S.I. 1986/2209, as amended by S.I. 1989/633, S.I. 1990/687, S.I. 1991/1243 and S.I. 1992/723; the citation of this instrument has been amended by section 3(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 on the coming into force of the Single European Act (Cmnd. 9758) on 1st July 1987.

[^f00008]: S.I. 1986/2250, as amended by S.I. 1989/502, S.I. 1990/562, S.I. 1991/1675 and S.I. 1992/833; the citation of this instrument has been amended by section 3(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 on the coming into force of the Single European Act (Cmnd. 9758) on 1st July 1987.

[^f00009]: Section 59(1) has been amended by the Representation of the People Act 1993 (c. 29).

[^f00010]: S.I. 1986/1081; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1990/520.

[^f00011]: S.I. 1986/1091; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/1304 and S.I. 1990/561.

[^f00012]: S.I.1986/111; the relevant amending instrument is S.I.1990/629 (S.77).

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