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Temporary modifications of section 10A of Representation of the People Act 1983 Mark Durkan
NC12 * To move the following Clause:— ‘(1) So long as this section remains in force, section 10A of the 1983 Act (maintainance of the registers: register of electors) is modified as follows. (2) At the beginning of subsection (5A) insert “Subject to subsection (7B),”. (3) For subsection (7) substitute— “(7) Subsection (6) has effect subject to subsection (7B), and does not apply if, or to the extent that, regulations so provide in relation to any prescribed circumstances.”. (4) After subsection (7) insert— “(7A) Subsection (7B) applies in the case of a person who is registered in the register in respect of any address, other than a person who is registered by virtue of section [Restoration to electoral register for purposes of the poll under section 3 of names previously removed] of the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act or a person whose entry is retained in the register by virtue of the previous application of subsection (7B), where on conclusion of a canvass under section 10— (a) the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland is unable to satisfy himself that the person was, on the 15th October in question, resident at that address because— (i) the form mentioned in section 10(4) was not returned in respect of that address, or (ii) for any other reason, insufficient information was obtained as to whether that person was resident at that address on that date, or (b) the circumstances fall within paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (5A). (7B) If the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland has no information which suggests that the person concerned is no longer resident at the address on the 15th October in question, subsections (5)(a) and (5A) do not prevent the Chief Electoral Officer from retaining the entry of that person in the register until the publication of a revised version of the register under section 13(1) in the year next following that in which the canvass referred to in subsection (7A) was conducted.”. (5) In subsection (8), for “subsection (5), (5A) or (6)” substitute “subsections (5) to (7B)”.’. Duration of sections (Restoration to electoral register for purposes of the poll under section 3 of names previously removed) and (Temporary modifications of section 10A of Representation of the People Act 1983) Mark Durkan
NC13 * To move the following Clause:— ‘Sections (Restoration to electoral register for purposes of the poll under section 3 of names previously removed) and (Temporary modifications of section 10A of Representation of the People Act 1983) shall cease to be in force at the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which they are passed.’. Mr David Lidington
24 Schedule 1, page 21, line 20, at end insert— ‘(1A) But any person nominated to be either First Minister or deputy First Minister must indicate his willingness to accept the pledge of office as amened by section 7 of this Act.’. The Reverend Ian Paisley
47 * Schedule 1, page 21, line 29, after ‘2007’, insert ‘, or such later date as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State’. The Reverend Ian Paisley
48 * Schedule 1, page 22, line 10, after ‘2007’, insert ‘, or such later date as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State’. The Reverend Ian Paisley
49 * Schedule 1, page 22, line 33, after ‘2007’, insert ‘, or such later date as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State’. The Reverend Ian Paisley
50 * Schedule 1, page 22, line 40, after ‘2007’, insert ‘, or such later date as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State’. The Reverend Ian Paisley
51 * Schedule 1, page 23, line 8, leave out ‘2007)’ and insert ‘2007, or such later date as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State)’. The Reverend Ian Paisley
52 * Schedule 1, page 24, line 39, after ‘2007’, insert ‘, or such later date as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State’. The Reverend Ian Paisley
53 * Schedule 1, page 25, line 33, leave out ‘2007)’ and insert ‘2007, or such later date as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State)’. The Reverend Ian Paisley
54 * Schedule 1, page 25, line 34, after ‘2007’, insert ‘, or such later date as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State’. The Reverend Ian Paisley
55 * Schedule 1, page 26, line 3, after ‘2007’, insert ‘, or such later date as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State’. The Reverend Ian Paisley
56 * Schedule 1, page 26, line 10, after ‘2007,’, insert ‘or such later date as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State’. The Reverend Ian Paisley
57 * Schedule 1, page 26, line 22, after ‘2007’, insert ‘, or such later date as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State’. The Reverend Ian Paisley
58 * Schedule 1, page 26, line 28, after ‘2007,’, insert ‘, or such later date as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State’. The Reverend Ian Paisley
59 * Schedule 1, page 27, line 20, after ‘2007’, insert ‘or such later date as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State’. Lady Hermon 20 Schedule 8, page 36, line 30, leave out ‘15’ and insert ‘28’. Mark Durkan
38 Schedule 8, page 36, line 31, leave out ‘condition is’ and insert ‘and representative conditions are’. Mark Durkan
39 Schedule 8, page 36, line 35, leave out ‘condition is’ and insert ‘and representative conditions are’. Mark Durkan
40 Schedule 8, page 36, line 40, at end insert— ‘(5A) The Board must publish a list of the DPPs which, in its view, do not meet the representative condition.’. Lady Hermon 21 Schedule 8, page 37, line 3, leave out ‘on the commencement date’ and insert ‘immediately after the last local general election’. Mark Durkan
41 Schedule 8, page 37, line 4, at end insert— ‘(6A) For the purposes of this paragraph the representative condition is not met in relation to a DPP if— (a) the political condition is not met; and (b) were the political condition to be met, the DPP taken as a whole would not be as a result, so far as practicable, representative of the community in the council area.’. Lady Hermon 22 Schedule 8, page 37, line 5, leave out sub-paragraph (7). Mark Durkan
42 Schedule 8, page 37, line 37, leave out ‘(5)’ and insert ‘(5A)’. |
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