Part II Interpretation of Other Acts
Representation of the People Act 1983 (1983 c 2) | Legislation

Part II Interpretation of Other Acts

Register, electors, etc

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(1)     A reference in any Act (whenever passed) to—

(a)     the register of parliamentary and local government electors, or

(b)     the register of parliamentary electors, or

(c)     the register of local government electors, or

(d)     the electors lists for such a register,

shall be taken as a reference to—

(i)     the register kept under this Act, or

(ii)     that register so far as it relates to parliamentary electors, or

(iii)     that register so far as it relates to local government electors, or

(iv)     the electors lists for such a register,

as the case may be, and references in any Act to a parliamentary or local government elector shall be construed accordingly.

(2)     In relation to a person shown in a register or electors

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