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SCHEDULE 3
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REGISTRATION: LOCAL ELECTIONS IN NORTHERN IRELAND |
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Introductory |
| | 1. The Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 is amended as follows.
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Registration of electors |
| | 2. In section 1 (local electors in Northern Ireland), for subsections (1) and (2) substitute-
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"(1) A person is entitled to vote as an elector at a local election in any district electoral area if on the date of the poll he-
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(a) is registered in the register of local electors for that area; |
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(b) is not subject to any legal incapacity to vote (age apart); |
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(c) is a Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a relevant citizen of the Union, and |
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(d) is of the age of eighteen or over." |
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Application of provisions of 1983 Act |
| | 3. - (1) Part I of Schedule 1 (application of provisions of 1983 Act) is amended as follows.
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(2) After the entry relating to section 3(1) and (2) insert-
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" Section 3A(1) and (4) to (7) (disfranchisement of offenders detained in mental hospitals)."
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(3) For the entry relating to section 4(2) substitute-
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"Section 4(2) to (6) (entitlement to be registered)."
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(4) For the entry relating to sections 5 to 7 substitute-
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" Sections 5 and 6 (residence (general) and residence of merchant seamen).
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Sections 7 to 7C (residence of mental patients, and of persons remanded in custody, and declarations of local connection)."
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(5) For the entry relating to sections 9 to 13 substitute-
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" Sections 9, 10, 10A, 13 and 13A (preparation, publication and alteration of registers)."
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(6) For the entry beginning "Section 53" substitute-
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" Section 53 and, in Schedule 2, paragraphs 1(2) to (5), 3, 3A, 4 to 11A and 13 (regulations as to registration)."
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(7) After the entry beginning "Section 56(1)" insert-
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" Section 58(2) (registration appeals: Northern Ireland)."
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(8) In the entry beginning "Section 201", for "the definition of "prescribed"" substitute "the definitions of "dwelling", "prescribed" and "qualifying address"".
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Modification of provisions of 1983 Act |
| | 4. - (1) Part II of Schedule 1 (modification of provisions of the 1983 Act) is amended as follows.
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(2) For paragraph 7 substitute-
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| "7. - (1) In section 4(2)-
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(a) for "parliamentary electors for any constituency" substitute "local electors for any district electoral area"; and |
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(b) for "subsection (1) above," substitute "subsection (3) below,". |
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(2) In section 4(4)(a), the reference to any enactment includes an enactment comprised in Northern Ireland legislation.
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7A. In section 7B references to the United Kingdom are to be read as references to Northern Ireland."
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(3) Paragraphs 9 to 11 shall be omitted.
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(4) For paragraph 14 (a) and (b) substitute-
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"(a) in subsection (1)(a) omit the words from "and any special lists" to the end, |
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(b) for subsection (1)(b) substitute- |
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(i) the procedure to be followed in the preparation of the register, and
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(ii) the time, place and manner of its publication; and;"and".
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