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Exclude
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Relations (Northern Ireland) Order
1997 certain matters relating to the
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selection of candidates by political
parties.
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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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Exclusion
of candidate selection from 1976 Act
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At the beginning of Part 6 of
the Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74) insert—
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Selection
of candidates
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Nothing in Parts 2 to 4 shall—
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be construed as affecting arrangements
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render unlawful anything done
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This section applies to arrangements
made by a registered political
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regulate the selection of the
party’s candidates in a relevant
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are adopted for the purpose
of reducing inequality in the
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numbers
of people from different ethnic groups elected, as
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candidates
of the party, to be members of the body concerned.
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The following elections are
relevant elections for the purposes of this
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parliamentary elections;
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elections to the European Parliament;
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elections to the Scottish Parliament;
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elections to the National Assembly
for Wales;
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local
government elections within the meaning of section 191,
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or 204 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)
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(excluding
any election of the Mayor of London).
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In this section “registered
political party” means a party registered in
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Great Britain register under Part 2 of the Political Parties, Election
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and
Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41).”
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of candidate selection from 1976 Order
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(S.I. 1997/869 (N.I. 6)) insert—
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“34A
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are adopted for the purpose
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candidates
of the party, to be members of the body concerned.
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elections to the European Parliament;
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elections to the Northern Ireland
Assembly;
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elections to a district council.
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Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41).”
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This Act shall cease to have
effect at the end of 2023 unless an order is made
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order provide that subsection
(1) shall have effect with the substitution of a
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later time for the time specified
there (whether originally or by virtue of a
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This Act may be cited as the
Race Relations (Election Candidates) Act 2008.
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