Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 1270 (C. 101)
Representation Of The People
The Elections Act 2022 (Commencement No. 5 and Savings) Regulations 2022
Made
5th December 2022
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 67(1) and (4) of the Elections Act 2022( 1 ).
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Elections Act 2022 (Commencement No. 5 and Savings) Regulations 2022.
Provisions coming into force on 29th December 2022
2. The following provisions of the Elections Act 2022 come into force on 29th December 2022—
(a) section 9 (assistance with voting for persons with disabilities), so far as not already in force;
(b) section 12 (local elections and Assembly elections in Northern Ireland), so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 6 brought into force by paragraph (c);
(c) the following paragraphs of Schedule 6 (local elections in Northern Ireland and elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly)—
(i) paragraphs 1 and 6, so far as those paragraphs relate to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraphs (ii) to (iv);
(ii) in paragraph 12—
(aa) sub-paragraph (1), so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by paragraphs (bb) to (dd);
(bb) sub-paragraph (3);
(cc) sub-paragraph (4), so far as not already in force;
(dd) sub-paragraph (5);
(iii) in paragraph 16—
(aa) sub-paragraph (1), so far as it relates to the provision brought into force by paragraph (bb);
(bb) sub-paragraphs (2) and (4);
(iv) paragraph 22;
(v) paragraph 34(b);
(vi) paragraph 35, so far as it relates to the provision brought into force by sub-paragraph (vii);
(vii) paragraph 46.
Savings
3. —(1) The provisions which come into force in accordance with regulation 2 do not apply to an election in respect of which the qualifying date is on or before 3rd May 2023.
(2) In paragraph (1), “ qualifying date ” means the date of the poll as specified in the notice of election published in accordance with—
(a) in the case of a parliamentary election, rule 5 of Schedule 1 to RPA 1983( 2 );
(b) in the case of a local election in Northern Ireland, rule 4 of Schedule 5 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962( 3 );
(c) in the case of an election to the Northern Ireland Assembly, rule 5 of Schedule 1 to RPA 1983 (as applied by article 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001( 4 )).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Lee Rowley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
5th December 2022
1983 c. 2 . See section 65 of the Elections Act 2022 for the meaning of “RPA 1983”. Rule 5 was amended by Part 1 of Schedule 2, paragraph 74 of Schedule 4, and Schedule 5 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50) ; by paragraphs 3 and 10 of Schedule 6 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) ; and by section 19(1) and (3) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) .
1962 c. 14 (N.I.) . Rule 4 was amended by S.I. 2010/2977 .
S.I. 2001/2599 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2009/256 , 2010/2892 , 2015/1939 .