Elections Act 2001

The Elections Act 2001
Dates
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to postpone local elections in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, to require polls for different elections in Northern Ireland to be taken together if they are to be taken on the same day, and to make consequential provision.
Citation	2001 c.7
Royal assent	10 April 2001
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Elections Act 2001 (c.7) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Because of the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis the Act postponed the 2001 local government elections in England and Wales, from 3 May 2001 to 7 June 2001,^[1] and in Northern Ireland, from 16 May 2001 to 7 June 2001.^[2] In Northern Ireland, it also required polls to be taken together on the day.^[3] In England, Wales and Northern Ireland it also increased candidates expenses by 50%.^[4]

It also defines the rules for taking both the parliamentary and local elections at the same time in Northern Ireland, amending Representation of the People Act 1985.

References

↑ The Elections Act 2001, sections 1(1) and 1(2) (the second relates to by-elections)
↑ The Elections Act 2001, section 2(1) (did not include by-elections)
↑ The Elections Act 2001, section 3
↑ The Elections Act 2001, sections 1(7) and 2(3)

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