The Service Voters’ Registration Period (Northern Ireland) Order 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/1726
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This Order may be cited as the Service Voters’ Registration Period (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st July 2008.

(2) This Order extends to Northern Ireland only.

Section 2 Persons registered in a register of electors pursuant to a service declaration

Section 15(2)(a) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 shall have effect in relation to the persons mentioned in section 14(1)(a) and (d) of that Act (members of the forces and their spouses or civil partners who have made a service declaration and are registered or entitled to be registered as electors in pursuance of it) , as if for “the period of 12 months” there were substituted “the period of 3 years”.