Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1968
1968 Chapter 20
An Act to abolish the university constituency for the purposes of elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland; to create four new constituencies and alter the areas of other constituencies; to abolish the occupation of business premises as a qualification for electors at such elections; to enable the age at which persons qualify to be registered as parliamentary electors to be altered; to establish a permanent Boundary Commission and to provide for the review of the distribution of seats at such elections; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid or any of them.
[28th November 1968]
S. 1 rep. by SLR 1980
S. 2 rep. by SI 1973/2163
S. 3, 4 rep. by 1989 c. 3
S. 5 rep. by SLR 1980
S. 6 rep. by SI 1973/2163
S. 7(1)(2) rep. by SLR 1980; subs. (3) amends sch. 8 to 1962 c. 14 (NI)
S. 8 rep. by SLR 1980
9. Short title, construction, citation and interpretation.
— (1) This Act may be cited as the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 and shall be construed as one with the principal Act and that Act and this Act may be cited together as the Electoral Law Acts (Northern Ireland) 1962 and 1968.
(2) In this Act the expression “ the principal Act ”
means the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 19621962 c.14
.
Schedule 1 rep. by SI 1973/2163
Schedule 2 rep. by 1989 c. 3
Schedule 3 rep. by SI 1973/2163
Schedule 4 rep. by SLR 1980