Infobox UK legislation short title Representation of the PeopleAct1983 parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom long title An Act to consolidate the Representation of the People Acts of 1949, 1969, 1977, 1978 and 1980, the Electoral Registers Acts of 1949 and 1953, the Elections Welsh Forms Act 1964, Part III of the Local Government Act 1972, sections 6 to 10 of the Local Government Scotland Act 1973, the Representation of the People Armed Forces Act 1976, the Returning Officers Scotland Act 1977, section 3 of the Representation of the PeopleAct 1981, section 62 of and Schedule 2 to the Mental Health Amendment Act 1982, and connected provisions and to repeal as obsolete the Representation of the PeopleAct 1979 and other enactments related to the Representation of the People Acts. year 1983 statute book chapter 1983 c. 2 introduced by territorial extent United Kingdom royal assent 8 February 1983 commencement repeal date amendments related legislation repealing legislation status original text activeTextDocId legislation history use new UK LEG revised text The Representation of the PeopleAct1983 c. 2 is an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It changed ... breached the 1983Representation of the PeopleAct. Under the act, anyone involved in an election ... Representation of the PeopleAct External links UK LEG ext path ukpga 1983 2 title Representation of the PeopleAct1983 type ukpga UK electoral reform UK legislation Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1983 Category Representation of the People Acts ... docs keeling schedule elec.pdf ref Amended the Representation of the PeopleAct 1969 . Stated that a convicted ...?LegType All Legislation&title Representation of the People s Act&Year 1983&searchEnacted 0&extentMatchOnly ... process in local elections The Act also regulates how political parties and people acting ... were repealed by Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 http www.opsi.gov.uk ... more details
Representation of the PeopleAct is a short title for legislation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom dealing with the electoral system. List The Representation of the PeopleAct 1832 The Representation of the People Scotland Act 1832 The Representation of the People Ireland Act 1832 The Representation of the People Scotland Act 1835 The Representation of the People Ireland Act 1850 The Representation of the People Ireland Act 1861 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1867 The Representation of the People Scotland Act 1868 The Representation of the People Ireland Act 1868 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1884 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1918 The Representation of the People Amendment Act 1918 The Representation of the People Returning Officers Expenses Act 1919 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1920 The Representation of the People No. 2 Act 1920 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1921 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1922 The Representation of the People No. 2 Act 1922 The Representation of the People Economy Provisions Act 1926 &mdash an alternative citation for Part III of the Economy Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1926 The Representation of the People Equal Franchise Act 1928 The Representation of the People Reading University Act 1928 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1945 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1948 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1949 The Representation of the People Amendment Act 1957 The Representation of the People Amendment Act 1958 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1969 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1974 The Representation of the People No. 2 Act 1974 The Representation of the People Armed Forces Act 1976 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1977 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1978 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1979 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1980 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1981 The Representation of the PeopleAct1983 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1985 The Representation ... more details
unreferenced date August 2008 Infobox UK legislation short title The Representation of the PeopleAct 2000 parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom long title An Act to make new provision with respect to the registration of voters for the purposes of parliamentary and local government elections to make other provision in relation to voting at such elections and for connected purposes. statute book chapter 2000 c.2 introduced by territorial extent royal assent 9 March 2000 commencement repeal date amendments related legislation repealing legislation status original text http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts2000 ukpga 20000002 en 1 activeTextDocId 1575513 legislation history The Representation of the PeopleAct 2000 c.2 is an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It changed the British election electoral process in the following ways It amended the Representation of the PeopleAct1983 . It introduced postal voting on demand . It allows psychiatric hospitals to be used as a registration address. It requires additional assistance for disabled voters, particularly visually impaired voters. It introduced new regulations with regard to the access, sale and supply of electoral register s. Following this act, the Department for Constitutional Affairs introduced and passed through parliament the Electoral Administration Act 2006 which made further alterations to the UK electoral processes. See also Representation of the PeopleAct External links http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts2000 ukpga 20000002 en 1 The Representation of the PeopleAct 2000 , as originally enacted from the Office of Public Sector Information . http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts2000 en ukpgaen 20000002 en 1 Explanatory notes to the Representation of the PeopleAct 2000 from the Office of Public Sector Information. UK electoral reform UK legislation Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2000 Category Representation of the People Acts UK law stub ... more details
The Representation of the PeopleAct 1989 c. 28 is an act by the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It extended the time that a British citizen could have lived abroad and still vote from 5 years to 20 years, and extended this right to people who were too young to vote at the time of leaving United Kingdom Britain . See also Representation of the PeopleAct 1969 Representation of the PeopleAct 1985 External links UK LEG ext path ukpga 1989 28 title Representation of the PeopleAct 1989 type ukpga UK electoral reform UK legislation Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1989 Category Representation of the People Acts Category 1989 in law UK law stub ... more details
Infobox UK legislation short title Representation of the PeopleAct, 1949 parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom long title year 1949 statute book chapter 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6 c. 68 introduced by territorial extent royal assent 24 November 1949 commencement repeal date amendments related legislation House of Commons Redistribution of Seats Act 1949 repealing legislation Representation of the PeopleAct1983 status Repealed original text activeTextDocId legislation history use new UK LEG revised text The Representation of the PeopleAct 1949 was an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The Act consolidated previous electoral law, but also made some changes to administration. The principal change was to provide for the conduct of future reviews of Parliamentary boundaries by the permanent Boundary Commissions United Kingdom Parliamentary Boundary Commissions . The Act also abolished the terms Parliamentary Borough and Parliamentary County , renaming them Borough constituency and County constituency , abolished the university constituency university constituencies , and removed a requirement that the City of London UK Parliament constituency City of London form its own constituency. The Boundary Commissions were instructed to review all boundaries within 3 7 years from the Act coming into force, and thereafter to review the boundaries periodically. In addition the Act made some changes to the franchise, removing the remaining provisions allowing plural voting by people who owned business premises. From this point forward, there was a single electoral register for both local government and Parliamentary elections and each voter was only allowed to vote once in any general election even if they happened to be registered in more than one address for local elections. References D. J. Rossiter, Ronald John Johnston, C. J. Pattie, The Boundary Commissions .... 87 90. UK legislation UK electoral reform Category Representation of the People Acts Category United ... more details
The Representation of the PeopleAct 1969 is an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It extended suffrage to 18 20 year olds. Previously, only those 21 or over were permitted to vote. Votes were extended to undergraduate students in their university town following an appeal to the High Court led for the National Union of Students United Kingdom National Union of Students by the Junior Common Room JCR official undergraduate student body of Churchill College, Cambridge . ref Richard Henry Tizard ref Significantly, it did not extend the right to stand for election to Parliament to under 21s. This statute is sometimes known as the Sixth Reform Act . Fact date July 2007 References Reflist See also Representation of the PeopleAct UK legislation UK electoral reform Category Representation of the People Acts Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1969 UK law stub ... more details
lede missing date October 2011 The Representation of the PeopleAct 1981 provides a for the disqualification from membership of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom House of Commons of any person who is detained anywhere in the British Islands or the Republic of Ireland or who is unlawfully at large at any time when he would otherwise be detained for more than a year for any offence, b that the election or nomination of such persons shall be void, and c that the seat of a Member who becomes so disqualified shall be vacated. This Act was passed following the election to the Westminster Parliament of a hunger striker, Bobby Sands , in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by election, April 1981 , while he was serving a long term of imprisonment. As a result of the Act, following the death of Bobby Sands, other prisoners on hunger strike were unable to stand in the second 1981 by election. Sources http www.parliament.uk commons lib research notes snpc 03221.pdf External links UK SLD 1266358 the Representation of the PeopleAct 1981 UK electoral reform UK legislation UK law stub Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1981 Category Representation of the People Acts de Representation of the PeopleAct 1981 ... more details
The Representation of the PeopleAct 1990 RPA 1990 added a minor amendment to previous Acts. The act allowed a person no longer resident at their qualifying address or at any other address in the same area to be eligible for an absentee vote for an indefinite period at Parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom and local government elections in Great Britain. Those who still lived in the same parliamentary constituency in Greater London or the former metropolitan counties, the same electoral division of a non metropolitan English county, Scotland or Wales, or the same ward in Northern Ireland. External links http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts1990 Ukpga 19900032 en 1.htm UK electoral reform Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1990 Category Representation of the People Acts ... more details
The Representation of the PeopleAct 1985 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning British electoral law. The Act allows British citizens who are resident outside the United Kingdom to qualify as overseas electors in the United Kingdom constituencies constituency for which they were last registered for a period of five years after they have left this was subsequently changed to 20 years and is now 15 years . Expatriate electors were able to register as overseas electors at British consular posts, starting in the summer of 1986. When registered, expatriate voters were eligible to vote by Proxy voting proxy at any Elections in the United Kingdom Parliamentary or European Parliament elections which were held after the 1987 register came into force on 16 February, 1987. It was estimated that half a million British expatriates were enfranchised by the Act. ref http www.margaretthatcher.org document 788AE7FC40A548E387A5BBE652B387F7.pdf Campaign Guide , p. 463. ref The Act also made British people abroad on holiday eligible to vote by postal ballot or by proxy, as well as those who were not reasonably expected to be able to by being physically present at the polling station . The Act modified the rules concerning deposits in Parliamentary elections. Previously the deposit had been 150 and was under this Act raised to 500. The percentage of votes needed to retain the deposit was lowered from 12 to 5 . The deposit for election to the European Parliament were raised from 600 to 700. Notes references External links UK LEG ext path ukpga 1985 50 title Representation of the PeopleAct 1985 type ukgpa UK legislation Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1985 Category Representation of the People Acts UK electoral reform ... more details
Infobox UK legislation short title Redistribution of the PeopleAct 1884 parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom long title An Act to amend the Law relating to the Representation of the People of the United Kingdom. statute book chapter 48 & 49 Vict. C. 3 introduced by William Gladstone territorial extent United Kingdom royal assent 6 December 1884 commencement repeal date amendments related legislation repealing legislation Representation of the PeopleAct 1918 status Repealed original text ... William Ewart Gladstone in 1884. In the United Kingdom , the Representation of the PeopleAct 1884 48 & 49 Vict. c. 3, also known informally as the Third Reform Act and the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 Redistribution Act of the following year were laws which further extended the suffrage in Britain after the Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli Government s Reform Act 1867 . Taken together, these measures ... External links cite book last Cunningham Glen first W title The Representation of the PeopleAct, 1884 ... Kingdom Parliamentary representation. The act extended the 1867 concessions from the borough s to the countryside ... year 1885 publisher Shaw & Sons UK electoral reform Category 1884 in law Category Representation of the People ... had the vote. The British electorate now totalled over 5,500,000. An Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 Act a year later redistributed constituencies, giving more representation to urban areas especially London . The 1884 Reform Act did not establish universal suffrage although the size of the electorate ... url http books.google.com books?id oSYdxnZrzqUC&lpg PA134&dq representation 20of 20the 20people 201884&pg PA134 v onepage&q representation 20of 20the 20people 201884&f false year 1999 publisher ... was only 1 in 2. ref name Cook Key sections of the act Section 2 This extended a uniform household .... Section 4 Prohibition of multiplicity of votes. This was not to stop people acquiring multiple ... Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885 1918 Medical Relief Disqualification Removal Act 1885 References ... more details
Infobox UK legislation short title Representation of the PeopleAct 1918 parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom long title An Act to Amend the Law with respect to Parliamentary and Local Government ... new UK LEG The Representation of the PeopleAct 1918 was an Act of Parliament passed to reform the elections ... of returning soldiers would, but for the passing of the Representation of the PeopleAct in February ... should be enfranchised. Terms of the act The Representation of the PeopleAct 1918 widened suffrage ... djvu.txt title The Representation of the PeopleAct, 1918 with explanatory notes work Internet Archive ... . Votes The bill for the Representation of the PeopleAct was passed by a majority of 385 to 55 ... commons 1918 mar 05 representation of the peopleact 1918 ref . This success surprised ... the bill. Many other members of the Lords lost heart when he refused to act as their spokesman. The bill passed by 134 to 71 votes. ref Cite web url http www.historylearningsite.co.uk 1918 representation of the peopl.htm title History Learning Site The 1918 Representation of the PeopleAct work History ... 2010 Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1918 Category Representation of the People Acts Category Suffrage campaign in the United Kingdom fr Representation of the PeopleAct 1918 zh 1918 ... equal to men who could vote from the age of 21 full electoral equality wouldn t occur until the Representation of the People Equal Franchise Act 1928 . The terms of the act were ref Cite web author ... Reform Act . This act was the first to practically include the majority of men in the political ... political system. By 1884 and the passing of the Third Reform Act , 60 ref Cook, Chris, The Routledge ... changes, the Act also instituted the present system of holding general elections on one ... of Women Act publisher Spartacus Educational accessdate 28 January 2009 ref . The first woman ... Conservative MP for Plymouth Sutton on 28 November 1919. There were serious limitations to this act ... more details
Infobox UK legislation short title Representation of the PeopleAct 1948 parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom long title An Act to amend the law relating to parliamentary and local government elections and to corrupt and illegal practices, and for purposes connected therewith. statute book chapter 11 & 12 Geo. 6 c. 65 introduced by James Chuter Ede James Ede territorial extent United Kingdom ..., which replaced those created by the Representation of the PeopleAct 1918 and Redistribution of Seats Ireland Act 1918 . In a few counties where there had been an exceptional increase in the electorate ... status Repealed original text activeTextDocId legislation history The Representation of the PeopleAct 1948 was an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the law ... Act 1920 in 1920 8 0 8 County Borough of Belfast 9 9 0 br Reduced to 4 4 0 Government of Ireland Act 1920 in 1920 4 4 0 See also Official names of United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies , for names of constituencies provided for by this Act Notes Reflist UK electoral reform UK legislation Category Representation of the People Acts Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1948 ... 9780415578813 url http books.google.ie books?id LYc1tSYonrQC&lpg PA344&dq Representation 20of 20the 20People 20Act 201948&pg PA344 v onepage&q Representation 20of 20the 20People 20Act 201948&f false ref Part I Parliamentary Franchise and its Exercise Part I of the Act declared that in future the United ... appointed under Part I of the Act was also to compile a local government register, although the two ... as to Election Campaign Part III of the Act set new limits for the expenses that candidates were permitted ... . With the reorganisation of constituencies in the county by the Act, the City lost its special position ..., honorary treasurers of burghs and chairman of district councils. Part VI General The final part of the Act ..., 1945 1945 general election by the House of Commons Redistribution of Seats Act 1944 as a temporary ... more details
. References Reflist See also Reform Act External links http www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk W1928.htm Equal Franchise Act notes on Spartacus Education UK electoral reform UK legislation Use dmy dates date February 2011 DEFAULTSORT Representation Of The PeopleAct 1928 Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1928 Category Representation of the People Acts Category Suffrage campaign in the United ...Refimprove date December 2009 Infobox UK legislation short title Representation of the People Equal Franchise Act 1928 parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom long title An Act to assimilate the franchises for men and women in respect of parliamentary and local government elections and for purposes consequential thereon. statute book chapter 18 & 19 Geo. 5 c. 12 introduced by territorial extent United Kingdom royal assent 2 July 1928 commencement repeal date amendments related legislation repealing legislation Representation of the PeopleAct 1948 status Repealed original text activeTextDocId legislation history The Representation of the People Equal Franchise Act 1928 ref http hansard.millbanksystems.com commons 1928 jul 02 royal assent S5CV0219P0 19280702 HOC 422 Hansard, House of Commons, fifth edition, vol 219, col 1035 ref was an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . This act expanded on the Representation of the PeopleAct 1918 which had given some women the vote in Parliamentary elections for the first time after World War I . It widened suffrage by giving women electoral equality with men. It gave the vote to all women who paid rates to the local government on the same terms as men. This meant they had to be over 21 years old, regardless of property ownership. Prior to this act only women over 30 who met minimum property qualifications could vote. This statute is sometimes known informally as the Fifth Reform Act or the Equal Suffrage Act . Passing of the act The act was passed by the Conservative Party UK Conservative Party without much ... more details
The Representation of the People Ireland Act 1868 31 & 32 Vict. c. 49 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom . It did not alter the overall distribution of parliamentary seats in Ireland ref Moore s Almanack improved or Will s farmer s and countryman s calendar for the year 1869 . Joseph Greenhill, London, 1869 ref , but did alter their boundaries, including making the electoral constituency of a borough be the same as its municipal boundaries. ref http www.peterrobinson.org electionhistory.html History of the East Belfast constituency , Peter Robinson MP ref References reflist UK electoral reform UK legislation statute stub Category Representation of the People Acts Category 1868 in law Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1868 Category Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Ireland Category 1868 in Ireland ... more details
One source date November 2008 The Representation of the People Scotland Act 1868 31 & 32 Vict. c. 48 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom . It carried on from the Representation of the PeopleAct 1867 , and created seven additional Scottish seats in the British House of Commons House of Commons at the expense of seven England English borough constituencies , which were disenfranchised. Two University constituencies were created Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities UK Parliament constituency Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities and Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities UK Parliament constituency Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities . These each returned one member to Parliament. Two burgh constituencies received an additional member these were Glasgow UK Parliament constituency Glasgow raised to 3 members and Dundee UK Parliament constituency Dundee raised to 2 . A third burgh constituency, Hawick Burghs UK Parliament constituency Hawick Burghs , was newly created, receiving one member. Three county constituencies each received one additional member, and were split in half accordingly these were Lanarkshire UK Parliament constituency Lanarkshire , Ayrshire UK Parliament constituency Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire UK Parliament constituency Aberdeenshire . This totaled eight new seats, and accordingly the county constituencies of Selkirkshire UK Parliament constituency Selkirkshire and Peeblesshire UK Parliament constituency Peeblesshire were merged to form Peebles and Selkirk UK Parliament constituency Peebles and Selkirk , returning one member, for a net increase of seven seats. This was offset by the disenfranchisement of Arundel, Ashburton, Dartmouth, Honiton, Lyme Regis, Thetford and Wells, all English borough constituencies, leaving the overall number of seats in the House unchanged. References Moore s Almanack improved or Will s farmer s and countryman s calendar ... Acts of Parliament 1868 Category Representation of the People Acts Category 1868 in Scotland Scotland ... more details
tooshort date May 2010 unreferenced date May 2010 Representation of People Ordinance is a controversial set of laws governing how politics of bangladesh Bangladeshi political parties may be formed. See also 2006 2008 Bangladeshi political crisis DEFAULTSORT Representation Of People Ordinance Category Politics of Bangladesh Bangladesh gov stub ... more details
Apartheid legislation in South Africa The Separate Representation of Voters Act No. 46 was introduced in South Africa on 18 June 1951. Part of the legislation during the apartheid era, the National Party South Africa National Party introduced it to enforce racial segregation, and was the start of a deliberate process to remove all non white people from the voters roll. This act was declared invalid by the Supreme court Supreme Court when challenged in the case of Harris v Minister of the Interior 1952 2 SA 428 AD . The government, however, was able to circumvent this decision by increasing the number of Appellate Division judges from five to eleven, and increasing the size of the Senate from forty eight to forty nine. These changes enabled the government to successfully introduce the South Africa Act Amendment Act No 9 of 2 March 1956, effectively overturning the Supreme Court s decision and revalidating the act. This amendment was repealed by the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act 32 of 1961 . The act as a whole was repealed by section 4 of the Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act No 50 of 27 March 1968. This bill introduced the Coloured Persons Representative Council , consisting of forty elected members and twenty nominated members. This council could make laws on finance , local government , education , community welfare and pension s, rural town settlement s and agriculture which affected coloured people. A bill could only be introduced when approved by the Minister ... Cabinet . This act was repealed in 1983 by section 101 1 of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act No 110. References http www.sahistory.org.za pages chronology special 8764gmchrono governance ... Separate Representation of Voters Act, Act No 46 of 1951 from the DISA library of the University ... leg19560302.028.020.030 Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act, Act No 30 of 1956 ... verteenwoordiging van kiesers de Separate Representation of Voters Act ... more details
The Transport Act1983 the Act was the main statute establishing government transport organisations and regulating land transport activities in the State of Victoria , Australia for 27 years from mid 1983 to mid 2010. The Act was used as the vehicle for changes to transport organisational arrangements ... Act received the royal assent on 23 June 1983 and commenced on 1 July of that year. ref See endnotes, Transport Compliance and Miscellaneous Act1983 . ref The Act remained as Victoria s principal ... Act 2010 . It was renamed as the Transport Compliance and Miscellaneous Act1983 , a title which it retains to this day. Initial purpose Organisational reforms The Transport Act was initially passed ... Authority and the Road Traffic Authority. ref Transport Act1983, Part II. ref The Transport Act also established the Ministry of Transport as the prime coordinating agency for transport in Victoria. Transport regulation The Transport Act also consolidated much of the suite of Victorian land transport statutes containing regulatory controls. The Act initially contained a suite of provisions ... remain today in the Transport Compliance and Miscellaneous Act1983 Transport Compliance and Miscellaneous Act . The main schemes which remain relate to taxi and hire car regulation, the only substantial ... by the Transport Act in 1983. The new Act merged the State Transport Authority and the Metropolitan ... of Transport Act Main Transport Compliance and Miscellaneous Act1983 The Transport Integration Act changed the name of the Transport Act1983 to the Transport Compliance and Miscellaneous Act1983 ... Act1983 References See http en.wikipedia.org wiki Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references ... arrangements in the transport portfolio. The Act abolished a range of long established transport agencies ... Roads Board . ref Transport Act, Part II. ref In their place were established a range of new organisations .... Later developments The major organisational changes brought about by the Transport Act were ... more details
The Electoral Amendment Act1983 No. 36 1983 ref http www.irishstatutebook.ie 1983 en act pub 0036 index.html Electoral Amendment Act1983 ref is a law of the Republic of Ireland which provided for parliamentary constituencies in the 25th D il 1987 1989 and the 26th D il D il 1989 1992 . The 25th D il ireann was elected at the Irish general election, 1987 1987 general election on 17 February 1987, and the 26th D il ireann was elected at the Irish general election, 1989 1989 general election on 15 June 1989. This Act replaced the Electoral Amendment Act 1980 No. 17 1980 , which defined the constituencies used for the 22nd D il 1981 1982 , 23rd D il February November 1982 and the 24th D il 1982 1987 . It was itself replaced by the Electoral Amendment Act 1990 No. 36 1990 , which created a new pattern of constituencies for the 27th D il Irish general election, 1992 elected in 1992 . See also List of historic D il ireann constituencies Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland References Reflist External links http acts.oireachtas.ie Acts of the Oireachtas Constituency Law Ireland Category Electoral Acts Ireland Electoral 1983 Category Acts of the Oireachtas Electoral 1983 Category 1983 in law Category 1983 in Ireland Ireland law stub Ireland politics stub ... more details
The Mental Health Act1983 c.20 is an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which applies to people in England and Wales . It covers the reception, care and treatment of mentally ... of mentally disordered people who did not require hospital admission ref name Mental Health Act ... Act1983 came into effect in September that year, and was amended in 1995 and 2007. Overview The Act ... Subjects Most people are subject to the Act, and section 141 even makes provision for members ... for the treatment of mentally disordered people compulsorily detained under the Act. A clinician must ... of severely emaciated people with anorexia nervosa is more likely to take place under the Act, because ... compulsory treatment of mentally disorder people in the community. Indeed, the Act was drafted at a time ... 1729080&ActiveTextDocId 1729436&filesize 19446 Mental Health Act1983 ref . England and Wales ... links http www.mind.org.uk help rights and legislation mental health act1983 an outline guide Mental Health Act1983 an outline guide Useful summary of the Act from Mind including updated material to take account of the Mental Health Act 2007 UK Legislation UK LEG ext path ukpga 1983 20 title Mental Health Act1983 type ukpga http www.cqc.org.uk db documents Mental Health Act1983 201001202031.pdf Mental Health Act1983 The complete text of the Act including Mental Health Act 2007 amendments. http ... index.php Mental Health Act1983 Mental Health Act1983 from WikiMentalHealth Fully ... the legislation by which people diagnosed with a mental disorder can be detained in hospital ... as sectioning . Its use is reviewed and regulated by the Care Quality Commission . The Act has been significantly amended by the Mental Health Act 2007 . History The Madhouses Act 1774 created a Commission ... Madhouses Act 1774 citation title Overview, http studymore.org.uk mhhtim.htm 1774 Madhouses Act 1774 ref . This Act was later considered ineffectual and was repealed by the Madhouses Act 1828 , itself ... more details
orphan date December 2009 The 1983 Land Reform Act was an act of Mauritania n law dealing with land tenure in Mauritania. ref name Mauritania Land tenure http lcweb2.loc.gov cgi bin query r?frd cstdy field DOCID mr0086 Mauritania Land tenure , Library of Congress , June 1988, Retrieved on June 11, 2008. ref The underlying first cause of the act was the state s inherent and overriding interest in land development. According to the act, the government could grant title for parcels of undeveloped land which apparently included fallow land to whoever pledged to improve it and at the same time possessed requisite resources. Although the economic necessity of the act was beyond question, the social costs of appropriating valuable Senegal River Basin land hypothetically controlled by blacks and redistributing it to wealthy Maures from farther north proved difficult to conduct. ref name Mauritania Land tenure References Reflist External links Library of Congress Category Mauritanian law Category 1983 in law Land Reform Act Category 1983 in Mauritania Land Reform Act mauritania stub statute stub ... more details
The Orphan Drug Act of 1983 is a law passed in the United States designed to facilitate the development and commercialization of drugs to treat rare diseases , termed orphan drugs . Orphan drug designation does not indicate that the therapeutic is either safe and effective or legal to manufacture and market in the United States. That process is handled through other offices in the US Food and Drug Administration . Instead, the designation means only that the sponsor qualifies for certain benefits from the federal government, such as reduced taxes. Background Emergence of orphan diseases In response to incidents such as difficulties with thalidomide the Kefauver Harris Amendment was passed. Kefauver Harris was passed in order to require that all drugs approved for sale be proven safe and effective via rigorous scientific studies. While this legislation improved drug safety, it also dramatically increased the costs associated with developing new medicines. Pharmaceutical companies responded ... here automatically Reflist Categories DEFAULTSORT Orphan Drug Act Of 1983 Category 1983 in law ... 1982, and was similarly approved by voice vote in the Senate on December 17th. On 4 January 1983, President ... Jul 3, 1983 ref ref http news.google.com newspapers?id M94qAAAAIBAJ&sjid GYMDAAAAIBAJ&dq klugman 20orphan drug&pg 4422 2C3068432 Klugman winds up his Quincy career , The Deseret News Mar 23, 1983 ref ... Congress enacted the ODA in 1983 only 38 drugs were approved in the USA specifically to treat orphan ... In the USA, from January 1983 to June 2004, a total of 1,129 different orphan drug designations have ... marketing authorization. In contrast, the decade prior to 1983 saw fewer than ten such products come to market. From the passage of the ODA in 1983 until May 2010, the FDA approved 353 orphan drugs ... , and whether the ODA has really stimulated the production of truly non profitable drugs the act ... coauthors Zhou, Youwen title The US Orphan Drug Act Rare disease research stimulator or commercial ... more details
The European Parliament RepresentationAct 2003 c.7 is an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The long title is An Act to make provision enabling alterations to be made to the total number of Members of the European Parliament to be elected for the United Kingdom and to their distribution between the electoral regions to make provision for and in connection with the establishment of an electoral region including Gibraltar for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections and for connected purposes. The Act made provision for a reduction in the number of Members of the European Parliament who represent the United Kingdom see Treaty of Nice . Gibraltar was enfranchised by adding it to the South West England constituency after taking the British Government to the European Court of Justice . The number of seats each region was allocated is as follows East Midlands 6 Eastern 8 London 10 North East 4 North West 10 South East 11 South West 7 West Midlands 8 Yorkshire and the Humber 7 Scotland 8 Wales 5 Northern Ireland 3 The addition of Gibraltar to the English constituency gave rise to some problems concerning the jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales and the Court system of Gibraltar Courts of Gibraltar over which would have power to hear election petition s, this can be seen by some of the discussions held in the Standing Committee UK Standing Committee during the bill law bill stage. http www.publications.parliament.uk pa cm200203 cmstand a st030116 am 30116s01.htm External links http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts2003 20030007.htm The European Parliament RepresentationAct 2003 , as originally enacted, from the Office of Public Sector Information . http www.dca.gov.uk legist eparl.htm European Parliament RepresentationAct Department for Constitutional Affairs UK legislation Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2003 Category European Parliament elections in the United Kingdom Category Election law in the United Kingdom Category ... more details
Wikify date January 2011 The National Assembly for Wales Representation of the People Order 2007 amends the National Assembly for Wales Representation of the People Order which made provision for the conduct of elections and the return of members to the National Assembly for Wales. Changes To the interpretation article and article 5 so that the references are updated to those in the Government of Wales Act 2006 or to the amendments to the Representation of the PeopleAct1983 effected by the Electoral Administration Act 2006 Electoral Administration Act 2006. ref http www.legislation.gov.uk uksi 2007 236 article 5 made ref To the requirement in article 39 that the office of the election agent for a regional election need no longer be located in the Assembly electoral region for which the person is the agent but can be located anywhere in Wales . ref http www.legislation.gov.uk uksi 2007 236 article 39 made ref To article 114 and 133 to reflect changes made by the Legal Services Act 2007 Legal Services Act 2007 ref http www.legislation.gov.uk uksi 2007 236 article 114 made ref To Schedule 1 to correct references to articles in the paragraphs of that schedule. To forms in the Appendix of Forms to correct errors or omissions and, in respect of the constituency and regional ballot papers, to update the format of those papers to assist voters. No impact assessment was carried out for this instrument as it has no significant impact on the costs of business, charities, voluntary bodies or the public sector. See also National Assembly for Wales References references External Links http www.assemblywales.org Official National Assembly for Wales site wales stub Category Welsh laws Category Electoral reform in the United Kingdom ... more details
Cleanup date June 2009 The Misrepresentation of the PeopleAct is a proposed Act of Parliament in the UK . The Bill proposed law Bill had its First Reading on 17 October 2007 its Second Reading and first vote was on 19 October 2007, so far 37 of 646 MP s support the bill http www.ministry of truth.net mpscoreboard.php . The Bill resulted from Spirit Level Film The Ministry of Truth , an 11 October 2007 BBC television documentary by Richard Symons in the Why democracy? season ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi uk politics 7038062.stm ref . Various experts in the field of politics were asked about the possibility to legally prosecute politicians for lying in their function , so they could be barred from ever representing the people as politicians again. Various members of parliament were asked if they would put this act before parliament, and one agreed, Adam Price . Many others agreed to the principle, but not the method. The original cheeky title had to be adapted and the full title became A Bill to create offences in relation to the publication of false or misleading statements by elected representatives and for connected purposes . The content was, however, left largely intact. The documentary started with four principles We, the people, are sovereign We grant this sovereignty to our elected representatives in parliament we are their employers Our elected representatives have a fundamental obligation to be honest We are entitled to formal legal independent redress Among the interviewees, there was general consent to the first three points, but not the fourth. There were several objections and counterarguments You can t have a law against lying . But there already are such laws, such as the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 , the Statutory instrument 1988 no. 915 and the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 . There is already a means of control in place if ministers mislead it s the end ... is far too powerful. You can t give power over to people who are less accountable than parliament ... more details
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