Abolition of qualifying period
for overseas electors.
Each of the following provisions of the Representation of the People Act
1985 (as amended by the Representation of the People Act 2000),
namely—
(a) section 1(3)
(c) and section 1 (4) (a) (conditions to be satisfied by British citizen in
order to qualify as overseas elector in relation to parliamentary election),and
(b) section 3 (3)
(c) and 3 (4) (a) (conditions to be satisfied by peer in order to qualify as
overseas elector in relation to European Parliamentary
election),
shall be repealed. |