Representation of the People Act 2000
United Kingdom legislation
Long title | An Act to make new provision with respect to the registration of voters for the purposes of parliamentary and local government elections; to make other provision in relation to voting at such elections; and for connected purposes. |
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Citation | 2000 c.2 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 9 March 2000 |
Other legislation | |
Repeals/revokes | Representation of the People Act 1990 |
Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Text of the Representation of the People Act 2000 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. |
The Representation of the People Act 2000 (c.2) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that changed the British electoral process in four minor amendments to the Representation of the People Act 1983:
- It removed most restrictions on postal voting and proxy voting.
- It allows psychiatric hospitals to be used as a registration address.
- It requires additional assistance for disabled voters, particularly visually impaired voters.
- It made provision for new regulations governing the access, sale and supply of electoral registers.
Subsequent amendments
Six years after the act, the Department for Constitutional Affairs introduced the Bill that became the Electoral Administration Act 2006 which made alterations to UK electoral processes.[citation needed]
See also
- Reform Acts
- Representation of the People Act
External links
- The Representation of the People Act 2000, as currently amended
- The Representation of the People Act 2000, as originally enacted from the Office of Public Sector Information.
- Explanatory notes to the Representation of the People Act 2000 from the Office of Public Sector Information.
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Electoral reform in the United Kingdom
the People Acts
Reform Acts |
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- Scotland, 1833
- England and Wales, 1835
- Ireland, 1840
- Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832
- Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832
- Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
- Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918
- Government of Ireland Act 1920
- House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944
- House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949
- Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
- Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011
- Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020
- Parliamentary Elections Act 1868
- Ballot Act 1872
- Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883
- European Assembly Elections Act 1978 (repealed)
- Registration of Political Parties Act 1998
- European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 (repealed)
- Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
- Electoral Administration Act 2006
- Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (repealed)
- Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013
- Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022
- Elections Act 2022
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