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reduce the voting age for parliamentary and other elections to 16 years. |
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Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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1 | Reduction of voting age |
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(1) | The Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) is amended as follows— |
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(a) | in section 1(1)(d) (definition of voting age for parliamentary elections), |
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for “18” substitute “16”; and |
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(b) | in section 2(1)(d) (definition of voting age for local government |
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elections), for “18” substitute “16”. |
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(2) | In the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), in section 1(5) (entitlement |
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to vote of overseas electors), for “18” substitute “16”. |
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2 | Short title, commencement and extent |
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(1) | This Act may be cited as the Voting Age (Reduction) Act 2008. |
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(2) | Section 1 of this Act shall come into force at the end of a period of one year |
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beginning with the day on which this Act is passed. |
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(3) | This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
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