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European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003

2003 CHAPTER 7

CONTENTS

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  1. Part 1

    Changes in total number of United Kingdom MEPs

    1. Preliminary

      1. 1. Electoral regions in the United Kingdom

    2. Electoral Commission recommendations relating to changes in total number of United Kingdom MEPs

      1. 2. References to changes under Community law

      2. 3. Recommendations by Electoral Commission as to the distribution of United Kingdom MEPs

      3. 4. Section 3: meaning of “elector”

    3. Implementation of changes in total number of United Kingdom MEPs

      1. 5. Orders implementing changes

      2. 6. Section 5: supplementary

    4. Supplementary

      1. 7. Periodic reviews of distribution of MEPs

      2. 8. Consequential amendments

  2. Part 2

    Gibraltar

    1. New combined electoral region

      1. 9. Combination of Gibraltar with existing electoral region

      2. 10. Electoral Commission recommendation as to the electoral region to be combined with Gibraltar

      3. 11. Establishment of combined region

      4. 12. Power to make consequential etc provision

      5. 13. Sections 11 and 12: supplementary

    2. Electoral registration and voting in Gibraltar

      1. 14. The Gibraltar register

      2. 15. Gibraltar franchise for European Parliamentary elections

      3. 16. Entitlement to be registered in Gibraltar

      4. 17. Regulations relating to sections 14 to 16

      5. 18. Section 17: supplementary

    3. Miscellaneous provisions

      1. 19. Extension of 2002 Act to Gibraltar

      2. 20. Returning officers

      3. 21. Disqualification from office of MEP

      4. 22. European Parliamentary elections regulations

      5. 23. Jurisdiction of courts

      6. 24. Effect of statutory powers on capacity of Gibraltar legislature

  3. Part 3

    Supplementary

    1. 25. Financial provisions

    2. 26. Functions of Lord Chancellor exercisable concurrently with Secretary of State

    3. 27. Interpretation

    4. 28. Short title, extent and commencement

    1. Schedule

      Schedule 1A to the 2002 Act

An Act to make provision enabling alterations to be made to the total number of Members of the European Parliament to be elected for the United Kingdom and to their distribution between the electoral regions; to make provision for and in connection with the establishment of an electoral region including Gibraltar for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections; and for connected purposes.

[8th May 2003]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—