The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009

  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

  3. 2.Interpretation

  4. 3.Amendments to the 2004 Regulations

  5. 4.In regulation 4 (general application to Scotland) omit paragraph (6)....

  6. 5.(1) In regulation 5 (general application to Gibraltar) for “Ordinance”...

  7. 6.(1) In regulation 6 (conduct of the poll and count...

  8. 7.Before Schedule 1 to the 2004 Regulations insert Schedule A1...

  9. 8.In regulation 8 (polling districts and places), in paragraph (4)...

  10. 9.In regulation 9 (rules for European Parliamentary elections and general...

  11. 10.Omit regulation 13 (modification of the 2003 Act and these...

  12. 11.In regulation 15 (payments by and to returning officers and...

  13. 12.(1) Regulation 17 (effect of registers) is to be amended...

  14. 13.In regulation 19 (discharge of registration duties), in paragraph (4)(a)...

  15. 14.In regulation 21 (registration appeals: England and Wales) for paragraph...

  16. 15.In regulation 24 (other voting offences), after paragraph (7) insert—...

  17. 16.(1) Regulation 25 (breach of official duty) is to be...

  18. 17.In regulation 26(1)(b) (tampering with nomination papers, ballot papers, etc)...

  19. 18.In regulation 28 (offences in connection with candidature), after paragraph...

  20. 19.(1) Regulation 29 (requirement of secrecy) is to be amended...

  21. 20.In paragraph (1) of regulation 31 (interpretation of Part 2),...

  22. 21.In paragraph (2) of regulation 32 (computation of time for...

  23. 22.(1) In regulation 36 (office of agents of registered parties)—...

  24. 23.In regulation 43 (payment of expenses of individual candidates through...

  25. 24.In regulation 45 (expenses of individual candidate incurred otherwise than...

  26. 25.(1) Regulation 46 (prohibition of expenses of individual candidate not...

  27. 26.In regulation 51 (return as to election expenses: individual candidates)...

  28. 27.For regulations 60 (meaning of “election expenses”) and 61 (incurring...

  29. 28.In regulation 62 (property, goods, services etc provided free of...

  30. 29.(1) Regulation 63 (candidate’s right to send election address post...

  31. 30.In regulation 65 (broadcasting of local items during election period),...

  32. 31.For regulation 74 (details to appear on election publications) substitute...

  33. 32.In regulation 79 (undue influence), for sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph...

  34. 33.In regulation 86 (interpretation of Part 4)—

  35. 34.In regulation 89 (presentation and service of European Parliamentary election...

  36. 35.Omit regulation 103 (abatement of petition).

  37. 36.In regulation 109 (prosecution for corrupt practice), in paragraph (1)(a)(i)...

  38. 37.For regulation 114 (time limit for prosecution), substitute— Time limit...

  39. 38.Before regulation 123 (public notices and declarations) insert— Translations etc....

  40. 39.European Parliamentary elections rules

  41. 40.Absent voting

  42. 41.Modification of European Parliamentary elections rules for combined polls

  43. 42.Entitlement to registration and legal incapacity to vote in Gibraltar

  44. 43.Modifications for relevant citizens of the Accession States in 2004

  45. 44.Control of donations to individual candidates

  46. 45.Election expenses

  47. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

    2. SCHEDULE 2

    3. SCHEDULE 3

    4. SCHEDULE 4

    5. SCHEDULE 5

  48. Explanatory Note