The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/867
• Sections: 4

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1997.

(2) This Order extends to Northern Ireland only.

Section 2

This Order shall come into force on the expiry of seven days after the day on which it is made but article 4 shall not apply to an election where the last day by which the notice of election must be published precedes the coming into force of this Order.

Section 3

(1) Paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 shall be amended as follows.

(2) For sub-paragraph (2)(b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(b) a registered nurse within the meaning of section 10(7) of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 ;

(3) For sub-paragraph (2)(d) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(d) in the case of an application in which the applicant states that he is resident in a residential care home within the meaning of article 3 of the Registered Homes (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 or a nursing home within the meaning of article 16 of that Order, the person registered under that Order as carrying on the home in question;

(4) In paragraphs (e) and (f) of sub-paragraph (2) “by” shall be omitted.

Section 4

In paragraphs 8 (additional requirements for applications in respect of a particular election) and 11 (closing dates for applications) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985—

(a) in sub-paragraph (6)(a) of paragraph 8 and sub-paragraphs (1), (2) and (5) of paragraph 11 , for the words “noon on the thirteenth day” there shall in each case be substituted the words “5 p.m. on the eleventh day”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (6)(a) of paragraph 8 and sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 11 , for the words “noon on the sixth day” there shall in each case be substituted the words “5 p.m. on the sixth day”.