Representation of the People Act 2000
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| 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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| Statute book chapter | 2000 c.2 |
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| Royal Assent | 9 March 2000 |
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| Official text of the statute as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database | |
The Representation of the People Act 2000 (c.2) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It changed the British electoral process in the following ways:
- It amended the Representation of the People Act 1983.
- It introduced postal voting 'on demand'.
- It allows psychiatric hospitals to be used as a registration address.
- It requires additional assistance for disabled voters, particularly visually impaired voters.
- It introduced new regulations with regard to the access, sale and supply of electoral registers.
Following this act, the Department for Constitutional Affairs introduced and passed through parliament the Electoral Administration Act 2006 which made further alterations to the UK electoral processes.
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[edit] External links
- The Representation of the People Act 2000, as originally enacted from the Office of Public Sector Information.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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