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Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 2063
Representation Of The People
The European Parliamentary Elections (Appointed Day of Poll) Order 2013
Made
19th August 2013
Laid before Parliament
22nd August 2013
Coming into force
2nd September 2013
The Lord President of the Council makes this Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 4 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002(1).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections (Appointed Day of Poll) Order 2013 and comes into force on 2nd September 2013.
Appointed day of poll
2. The day appointed for the poll at the next general election of Members of the European Parliament is 22nd May 2014.
Signed by the authority of the Lord President of the Council
Chloe Smith
Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform
Cabinet Office
19th August 2013
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
Council Decision 2013/299/EU, Euratom(2) sets 22nd to 25th May as the period for elections of Members of the European Parliament in 2014.
This Order appoints Thursday 22nd May 2014 as the day of the poll in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
2002 c.24; section 4 was extended to Gibraltar by section 19 of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (c.7). The power conferred on the Secretary of State by section 4 was made exercisable concurrently by the Lord President of the Council and the Secretary of State by the Lord President of the Council Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1837).
O.J. L 169, 21.6.2013, page 69.