European Parliament (Representation) Bill

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European Parliament (Representation) Bill

European Parliament (Representation) Bill

EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Lord Chancellor’s Department, are
published separately as Bill 7–EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Yvette Cooper has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human
Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the European Parliament (Representation) Bill are
compatible with the Convention rights.

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Contents
Part 1
Changes in total number of United Kingdom MEPs
Preliminary
      1         Electoral regions in the United Kingdom
Electoral Commission recommendations
      2         Recommendations by Electoral Commission relating to changes in number of
United Kingdom MEPs
      3         Section 2 : meaning of “elector”
Implementation of changes
      4         Orders implementing changes in the number of United Kingdom MEPs
      5         Section 4 : supplementary
Supplementary
      6         Periodic reviews of distribution of MEPs
      7         Consequential amendments
Part 2
Gibraltar
New combined electoral region
      8         Combination of Gibraltar with existing electoral region
      9         Electoral Commission recommendation as to the electoral region to be
combined with Gibraltar
      10         Establishment of combined region
      11         Power to make consequential etc provision
      12         Sections 10 and 11 : supplementary

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Electoral registration and voting in Gibraltar
      13         The Gibraltar register
      14         Gibraltar franchise for European Parliamentary elections
      15         Entitlement to be registered in Gibraltar
      16         Regulations relating to sections 13 to 15
      17         Section 16 : supplementary
Miscellaneous provisions
      18         Extension of 2002 Act to Gibraltar
      19         Returning officers
      20         Disqualification from office of MEP
      21         European Parliamentary election regulations
Part 3
Supplementary
      22         Financial provisions
      23         Functions of Lord Chancellor exercisable concurrently with Secretary of State
      24         Interpretation
      25         Short title, extent and commencement
                  Schedule                     —                     Schedule 1A to the 2002 Act

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