European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 (repealed)
For sections 1 to 3 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 (election and number of representatives) there shall be substituted—.
For Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 (European Parliamentary constituencies in Great Britain) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Act.
Schedule 2 (minor and consequential amendments of Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978) shall have effect.
Schedule 3 (other minor and consequential amendments) shall have effect.
The enactments and instrument listed in Schedule 4 are hereby repealed or revoked to the extent specified.
For section 7(1)(a) of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 (expenses: Consolidated Fund) there shall be substituted—.
The preceding provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.
An order under subsection (1) may—
appoint different days for different purposes;
include such transitional provisions and savings as the Secretary of State thinks expedient.
This Act may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999.
Section 2.
Section 3(1).
Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 (simple majority system for Great Britain and single transferable vote system for Northern Ireland) shall be amended as follows.
For the title substitute “System of Election, &c.”.
Omit paragraph 1.
Omit paragraph 2(1) and (2).
In paragraph 2(3)(a), omit “(including the registration of electors and the limitation of candidates' election expenses)”.
Regulations under this paragraph may make provision (including the creation of criminal offences)— For the purposes of this sub-paragraph a person stands for election if he is nominated as a candidate or is included in a party’s list of candidates. Regulations under this paragraph shall, in relation to an election in an electoral region in Great Britain, make provision for the nomination of registered parties, including provision requiring a nomination to be accompanied by a list of candidates numbering no more than the MEPs to be elected for that region.
In paragraph 2(4), omit paragraph (c).
For paragraph 3 substitute—.
For paragraph 4 substitute—.
In paragraph 5—
for “representative to”, in each place, substitute “Member of”,
for “constituency”, in each place where it occurs in relation to a European Parliamentary constituency, substitute “electoral region”,
If a person who is disqualified under this paragraph for the office of MEP is returned as an MEP under— his return shall be void and his seat vacant. If a person who is disqualified under this paragraph for the office of MEP for a particular electoral region is returned as an MEP for that region under— his return shall be void and his seat vacant.
in sub-paragraph (5), for “elected” substitute “returned”.
Paragraph 6 shall be amended as follows. For sub-paragraph (1) substitute—. In sub-paragraph (2), for “£200” substitute “£5,000”. In sub-paragraph (5)— The Secretary of State may by order substitute another figure for the figure in sub-paragraph (2). A statutory instrument made under sub-paragraph (6) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Section 3(2).
In section 4(1) of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 (double voting) for “representatives to the European Parliament” substitute “MEPs”.
In the following provisions of the European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979 for “constituency” and “a constituency”, in each place, substitute “electoral region” and “an electoral region”—
section 3(1) (resettlement grants);
section 7(2) (expenses: Northern Ireland);
section 8(1) (interpretation).
Section 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (extension of franchise for European Parliamentary elections) shall be amended as follows. Omit subsection (1). In subsections (2) to (4A) for “constituency”, in each place, substitute “electoral region”. In subsection (8) for the words from “and references to the register of local government electors” to the end substitute—and references to the register of local government elections include a reference to a register of electors prepared—.