Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 1899
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003
Made
16th July 2003
Coming into force
30th July 2003
Whereas a draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;
And whereas the Lord Chancellor has consulted the Electoral Commission about these Regulations in accordance with section 7(1) and (2) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000( 1 );
Now, therefore, the Lord Chancellor in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10(4), 53 and 201(1) and (3) of, and paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 2 to, the Representation of the People Act 1983( 2 ), and now vested in him( 3 ), having regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 202(1) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on the expiry of 14 days beginning with the day on which they are made.
(2) In these Regulations, “the 2001 Regulations” means the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 ( 4 ).
(3) These Regulations do not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Revocation
2. Regulation 4 of and Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002( 5 ) are hereby revoked.
Prescribed forms
3. The form set out in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations is hereby prescribed for use for the purposes of the canvass which is required to be conducted by section 10 of the Representation of the People Act 1983.
Amendment of provision about applications
4. In regulation 26(6) of the 2001 Regulations (applications for registration)( 6 ) for “the Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002” substitute “the Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003”.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Christopher Leslie
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Constitutional Affairs
16th July 2003
SCHEDULE FORM OF CANVASS AND FORM OF WORDS ABOUT THE TWO VERSIONS OF THE REGISTER
PART I Form prescribed for the purposes of section 10(4) of the 1983 Act (as substituted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act)
Part II Form of words about the two versions of the register
1983 c. 2 ; section 10 was substituted by Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) ; section 201(3) was inserted by Schedule 1 to that Act.
Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002, S.I. 2002/2626 , article 11.
S.I. 2002/1871 .
Regulation 26(6) was inserted by S.I. 2002/1871 , regulation 8(6).