- Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 717 (C. 21)
The European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 (Commencement) Order 1999
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| Made | 10th March 1999 |
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999[1], hereby makes the following Order:-
1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 (Commencement) Order 1999.
(2) In this Order "the Act" means the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999.
2. - (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), sections 1 to 4 (together with Schedules 1 to 4) of the Act shall come into force on 1st May 1999.
(2) So much of section 1 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Act as confers any power to make subordinate legislation shall come into force on 16th March 1999.
(3) For the purposes only of determining the area which a Member of the European Parliament which is in existence when sections 1 to 4 (together with Schedules 1 to 4) of the Act come into force represents, those provisions shall not have effect until the first sitting of the European Parliament which replaces that Parliament.
George Howarth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
10th March 1999
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings those provisions of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 which are not already in force into force subject to the saving in article 2(3).
Notes:
[1] 1999 c. 1.back
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