Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 115 (C. 10)
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
The Elections Act 2022 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2023
Made
3rd February 2023
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 67(1) of the Elections Act 2022( 1 ).
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Elections Act 2022 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2023.
Provisions coming into force on 6th February 2023
2. The following provisions of the Elections Act 2022 come into force on 6th February 2023—
(a) in section 5 (handing in postal voting documents), subsection (1) so far as it relates to subsection (5), and subsection (5);
(b) in section 14 (extension of franchise for parliamentary elections: British citizens overseas)—
(i) subsection (1), for the purpose of making regulations under new section 1C(1)(f), new section 1D(4)(a) and (b) or new section 1E(1)(e) that it inserts into the Representation of the People Act 1985( 2 );
(ii) subsection (2), so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 7 brought into force by paragraph (c) of this regulation;
(c) in Schedule 7 (overseas electors)—
(i) paragraph 1, so far as it relates to paragraph 4;
(ii) paragraph 4;
(iii) paragraph 14, for the purposes of making regulations under sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph;
(iv) paragraph 17.
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
3rd February 2023
1985 c. 50 . See section 202(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) , as read with section 27(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, for the meaning of “prescribed” in new section 1C(1)(f) and new section 1E(1)(e).