1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the European ParliamentaryElections (Amendment) Regulations 1991.

(2) These Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland.

(3) These Regulations shall come into force when the Representation ofthe People Act 1990(2) comes into force in Great Britain (and accordingly whenthe Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 1991(3) and the Representation of the People (Scotland)Amendment Regulations 1991(4) also come into force).

2.-(1) At the end of paragraph (1) of regulation 5 of the EuropeanParliamentary Elections Regulations 1986((5)) (application of certainprovisions for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections) thereshall be added the following:

• "The entry in that Schedule in respect of section 6 of the Act of 1985is to that provision as amended by section 1 of the Representation ofthe People Act 1990.".

(2) In the left-hand column of Part I of Schedule 2 to the EuropeanParliamentary Elections Regulations 1986 (application with modificationsof the Representation of the People Regulations 1986(6)) there shall be inserted, after the entry in respect ofregulation 63, the following entry:

• "Regulation 63A (additional requirement for applicant no longerresident at qualifying address)(7)".

(3) In the left-hand column of Part II of Schedule 2 to the EuropeanParliamentary Elections Regulations 1986 (application with modificationsof the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 1986(8)) there shall be inserted, after the entry in respect ofregulation 61, the following entry:

• "Regulation 61A (additional requirement for applicant no longerresident at qualifying address)(9)".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the European Parliamentary ElectionsRegulations 1986 ("the 1986 Regulations") which apply in Great Britain only.

Regulation 2(1) has the effect of applying the amendment made by section 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1990 to section 6 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections. The said section 6, as applied by the 1986 Regulations, provides for the entitlement to an absent vote for an indefinite period at European Parliamentary elections. The said section 1 adds a further ground on which the right can be claimed which applies where the applicant is no longer resident at his qualifying address or at any other address in the same area.

Regulation 2(2) applies for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections a regulation which the Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 1991 added to the Representation of the People Regulations 1986 (which apply in England and Wales) and which concerns applications for an absent vote for an indefinite period made on the grounds inserted by the said section 1. Regulation 2(3) applies for those purposes the equivalent regulation which was added to the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 1986.