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Electoral Registration and Administration Bill |
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MANUSCRIPT marshalled list of Amendments |
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[Amendments marked * are new or have been altered] |
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1 | Page 5, line 26, at end insert— |
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| | “( ) | In section 3(2)(a) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (timing of |
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| | Boundary Commission reports), for “before 1st October 2013” substitute |
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| | “before 1st October 2018 but not before 1st September 2018”.” |
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2 | Page 5, line 27, leave out “10” and insert “11(2)” |
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3 | Page 5, leave out lines 28 and 29 and insert “for “1 October 2013” substitute “1 |
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4 | Page 5, line 29, at end insert— |
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| | “( ) | In section 14(3) of that Act, for “2015” (in both places) substitute “2020”.” |
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5 | Insert the following new Clause— |
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| | | HL Bill 79—I(Manuscript) | 55/2 |
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| | | “Voters waiting at polling station at close of poll |
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| | (1) | Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (parliamentary |
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| | election rules) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | In rule 37 (voting procedure) as it extends to England and Wales and |
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| | Scotland, after paragraph (6) insert— |
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| | “(7) | A voter who at the close of the poll is in the polling station, or in |
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| | a queue outside the polling station, for the purpose of voting |
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| | shall (despite the close of the poll) be entitled to apply for a ballot |
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| | paper under paragraph (1); and these rules apply in relation to |
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| | such a voter accordingly.” |
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| | (3) | In rule 37 (voting procedure) as it extends to Northern Ireland, after |
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| | “(4) | A voter who at the close of the poll is in the polling station, or in |
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| | a queue outside the polling station, for the purpose of voting |
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| | shall (despite the close of the poll) be entitled to apply for a ballot |
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| | paper under paragraph (1); and these rules apply in relation to |
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| | such a voter accordingly.”” |
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6 | Page 15, line 8, at end insert— |
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| | “(4A) | An order under subsection (1) bringing into force any provision of section |
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| | (Voters waiting at polling station at close of poll) may— |
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| | (a) | make provision in consequence of, or for giving full effect to, that |
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| | (b) | make supplementary or incidental provision for the purposes of |
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| | (4B) | An order made by virtue of subsection (4A) may— |
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| | (a) | modify any Act (whenever passed), including any provision |
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| | inserted by a provision of this Act apart from section (Voters waiting |
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| | at polling station at close of poll), or |
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| | (b) | modify subordinate legislation (whenever made). |
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| | (4C) | An order made by virtue of subsection (4A) that contains provision |
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| | modifying an Act may not be made unless a draft of the statutory |
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| | instrument containing it has been laid before and approved by a resolution |
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| | of each House of Parliament. |
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| | (4D) | Any other order made by virtue of subsection (4A) is subject to annulment |
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| | in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. |
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| | “modify” includes amend, repeal or revoke; |
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| | “subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the |
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| | Interpretation Act 1978.” |
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7 | Page 15, line 11, at end insert “or of any provision of an order made by virtue of |
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