1 Citation

This Order may be cited as the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (Commencement No 2) Order 2003.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Date Made

Date made: 1 June 2003: (no specific commencement provision).

2 Commencement of provisions in European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003

2Commencement of provisions in European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003

The following provisions of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 shall come into force in Gibraltar on 2nd June 2003:

(a)    sections 9, 10, 26 and 27; and

(b)    section 28(2) so far as it relates to those provisions.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Date Made

Date made: 1 June 2003: (no specific commencement provision).

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Yvette Cooper

Parliamentary Secretary

Lord Chancellor's Department

1st June 2003

EXPLANATORY NOTE

EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force in Gibraltar on 2nd June 2003 the provisions of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 relating to the requirement for the Electoral Commission to make a recommendation to the Lord Chancellor as to which of the existing electoral regions in England and Wales should be combined with Gibraltar for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections taking place after 1st April 2004. The same provisions came into force in the United Kingdom on Royal Assent of that Act.