Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 84
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
The Holders of Hereditary Peerages (Overseas Electors) (Transitional Provisions) Order 2001
Made
15th January 2001
Laid before Parliament
25th January 2001
Coming into force
16th February 2001
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5(3) and (4) of the House of Lords Act 1999( 1 ), hereby makes the following Order:
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Holders of Hereditary Peerages (Overseas Electors) (Transitional Provisions) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 16th February 2001.
(2) The Holders of Hereditary Peerages (Extension of the Franchise) (Transitional Provisions) Order 1999( 2 ) is hereby revoked.
2. In the case of the holder of a hereditary peerage to whom section 3(1) of the House of Lords Act 1999 applies, any reference in section 1(3) or (4)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (conditions as to qualification as an overseas elector)( 3 ) to a register of parliamentary electors shall include—
(a) any register of local government electors in Great Britain; and
(b) any register of local electors in Northern Ireland,
which was required to be published on any date not later than 15th February 2000.
Mike O'Brien
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
15th January 2001
S.I. 1999/3322 .
1985 c. 50 ; section 1 was substituted by Schedule 2 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) .