The Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2014

Made: 11th September 2014

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1) and 27(1) and (4) of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013[^f00001], makes the following Order:

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2014.

Provisions coming into force on 15th September 2014

2

The following provisions of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 come into force in Northern Ireland on 15th September 2014—

• (a) section 1 (individual registration);

• (b) section 2(1) to (5) (applications for registration and verification of entitlement etc);

• (c) section 4 (annual canvass);

• (d) section 5 (invitations to register);

• (e) section 7 (power to amend or abolish the annual canvass);

• (f) section 8 (consulting Electoral Commission about proposals under section 7);

• (g) section 9 (piloting of changes to the annual canvass);

• (h) section 12 (interpretation of Part 1);

• (i) section 13(1) and (2) (amendments and transitional provision), so far as not already in force;

• (j) Schedule 1 (register of electors: alterations and removal);

• (k) Schedule 3 (civil penalty for failing to make application when required by registration officer);

• (l) Schedule 4 (amendments to do with Part 1), with the exception of—

• (i) paragraph 9(4)(b),

• (ii) paragraph 10(5), and

• (iii) paragraph 23, so far as it omits paragraphs 5 and 6(2) of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006[^f00002]; and

• (m) Schedule 5 (transitional provision to do with Part 1), so far as not already in force.

Signed

Andrew Murrison — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Northern Ireland Office — 11th September 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article 2 brings into force for Northern Ireland the remaining uncommenced provisions extending to Northern Ireland in the Electoral Registration and Administration Act [2013 (c. 6)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/6), with the exception of the paragraphs of Schedule 4 listed in Article 2(l). The provisions brought into force by this Order were commenced for England and Wales and Scotland by [S.I. 2014/414](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/414).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2013 c.6. Section 25(1) defines “the Minister” as the Lord President of the Council or the Secretary of State.

[^f00002]: 2006 c. 22.