| Short Title: | Electoral Registration (Northern Ireland) Act 2005[1] |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to make provision about the registration of electors in Northern Ireland in cases where required information is not provided. |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Statute Book Chapter: | 2005 c 1 |
| Territorial Extent: | Northern Ireland[2] |
| Royal Assent: | 24 February 2005 |
| Commencement: | 24 February 2005[3] |
| Repeal Date: | 24 February 2006 |
| Status: | Expired |
| Original Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/1/contents/enacted |
| Revised Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/1/contents |
The Electoral Registration (Northern Ireland) Act 2005 (c 1) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It expired on 24 February 2006.[4]
Baroness Amos said that the Bill for this Act was introduced because the government was concerned that only 85% of those eligible to vote in Northern Ireland were included in the electoral register (compared to 93% in Great Britain).[5]
The Bill for this Act passed through its stages in the House of Lords on the following dates:
| 9 February 2005[6] | |
| Second Reading | 21 February 2005[7] |
| Committee and Report | 22 February 2005[8] |
| Third Reading | 22 February 2005[9] |
The Bill received its Second and Third Reading in the House of Commons on 24 February 2005.[10]
This section read:
"the 1983 Act"
This means the Representation of the People Act 1983.[11]
This section modified section 10A of the Representation of the People Act 1983.