Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 1985
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1986/105 |
| Year | 1986 |
1986 No. 105
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 1985Approved by both Houses of Parliament
22ndNovember 1985
28thNovember 1985
3rdFebruary 1986
In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by sections 53 and 201(1) of, and paragraphs 11 and 11A of Schedule 2 to, the Representation of the People Act 1983(a), having regard to the definition of "prescribed" in section 202(1) of that Act, I hereby make the following Regulations:—
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 1985.
(2) These Regulations shall, subject to their having been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament, come into operation on 3rd February 1986.
Provided that these Regulations shall not have effect in respect of any register of electors prior to the registers of electors which are required to be published not later than 15th February 1986 or any data relating to such registers.
(3) These Regulations extend to Northern Ireland only.
2. In these Regulations the expression "the principal Regulations" means the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1983(b).
3. In Regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations (interpretation):
(a) after the definition of "British Council employee" there shall be inserted the following—
' "candidate" means a person who is nominated as a candidate at the election, or is declared by himself or by others to be a candidate on or after the day of the issue of the writ for the election, or after the dissolution or vacancy in consequence of which the writ was issued;
(a) 1983 c. 2; paragraph 11A was inserted by paragraph 87(c) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50).
(b) S.I. 1983/436.
"constituency" means a parliamentary constituency;'; and
(b) after the definition of "Crown servant" there shall be inserted the following:—
' "data" and "data user" have the same meanings as in section 1 of the Data Protection Act 1984(a);'.
4. In Regulation 17 of the principal Regulations (sale of register) for the words "15p for each thousand (or part of one thousand)" there shall be substituted the words "20p for each thousand (or remaining part of one thousand)" and paragraph (b) shall be omitted.
5. After Regulation 17 of the principal Regulations, there shall be inserted the following Regulations:—
'Supply of data
17A.—(1) This Regulation applies where the...
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