Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 996
The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Expenses) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1989
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1989 No. 996
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Expenses) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1989
| Coming into force | 13th June 1989 |
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 29(3) and 202(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983[1], as applied by regulation 5(1) of and Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1986[2], hereby make the following Regulations:-
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Expenses) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1989, and shall come into force on 13th June 1989.
2. Unless the context otherwise requires, in these Regulations
"European Parliamentary election" means the election of a representative to the European Parliament;
"Parliamentary constituency" means an area having separate representation in the House of Commons;
and other expressions have the same meaning as in the Representation of the People Act 1983 and the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978[3][4].
3. The maximum charges to which the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland, as the returning officer responsible for the conduct of European Parliamentary elections in Northern Ireland, shall be entitled in respect of services rendered and expenses incurred by him for the purposes of or in connection with a European Parliamentary election are the amounts specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.
4. The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Expenses) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1984[5] are hereby revoked.
Stephen Dorrell
Kenneth Carlisle
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
12th June 1989
Notes:[1] 1983 c. 2.
[2] S.I. 1986/2250(d).
[3] 1978 c. 10.
[4] The words "European" were substituted for the words "European Assembly" by section 3(1) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986(c. 58).
[5] S.I. 1985/724(d).
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