Secondary Legislation under Elections Act 2022

Showing 3 Statutory Instruments linked to this bill.

Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling etc.) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Laid before Parliament: 10 January 2024
Procedure: Draft affirmative
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Enabling Acts
Elections Act 2022 Northern Ireland Act 1998 Representation of the People Act 1983 Representation of the People Act 1985
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend subordinate legislation in consequence of provisions contained in the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37) (“the Act”). The amendments made by these Regulations principally concern the handing in of postal voting documents for Parliamentary and Assembly elections (see section 5 of the Act). Similar provision for local elections is made in the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/XXX). The Regulations also make amendments and transitional provisions relating to the voting and candidacy right of EU citizens (see section 15 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Act). These latter provisions are supplementary to the amendments made in the Representation of the People (Franchise Amendment and Eligibility Review) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1176).

Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Laid before Parliament: 11 December 2023
Procedure: Draft affirmative
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Enabling Acts
Elections Act 2022 Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023
SI explanatory text Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55) (“the 2023 Act”) provides for the establishment of combined county authorities for areas consisting of the whole area of a two-tier county council, plus a minimum of one or more whole areas of another two-tier county council, unitary county council or unitary district council in England. Combined county authorities are bodies corporate which may be given power to exercise specified functions.

Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Laid before Parliament: 23 October 2023
Procedure: Draft affirmative
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Enabling Acts
Elections Act 2022 Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 Recall of MPs Act 2015 Representation of the People Act 1983
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision related to the expansion of the franchise for parliamentary elections in respect of British citizens overseas by sections 1 to 1E of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), as substituted by section 14 of the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37). These Regulations also make provision related to the change to be made to the franchise for local government electors in England by section 15 of the Elections Act 2022 (voting and candidacy rights of EU citizens) and provision related to absent voting arrangements at police and crime commissioner elections in Wales.