The European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Made: 25th January 2018

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

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Citation, commencement and extent

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Amendment of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002

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Amendment of the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004

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Signed

Chloe Smith — Minister for the Constitution — 25th January 2018

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2016/1112.

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by section 3 of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

[^f00003]: 2003 c.7 (“the 2003 Act”). Section 12 was amended by S.I. 2003/1887, there are other amending instruments but none is relevant. The functions of the Secretary of State under the 2003 Act were made exercisable concurrently with the Lord President of the Council by the Lord President of the Council Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1837). The Lord President of the Council’s functions were transferred to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1376); and were subsequently transferred to the Minister for the Cabinet Office by the Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997).

[^f00004]: type=start slip=2018-02-01 time=15179228345332002 c.24type=end slip=2018-02-01 time=1517922834533. Section 5 was amended by section 26 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c.12).

[^f00005]: 2000 c.41. Section 22 requires parties to be registered in order to be able to field candidates at elections, section 28 makes provision for a party to apply to be registered. Section 22 was amended by section 52 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22), Schedule 1 of the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011 (c.14) and S.I. 2012/1917.

[^f00006]: S.I. 2004/293, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

Editorial notes