Talk:Electoral Administration Act 2006

Commonwealth and Irish peers

Lady Kinnock said in the House of Lords on 10 December: ‘It appears that the Electoral Administration Act 2006 may have inadvertently cast doubts on whether Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland citizens were eligible for membership of the House. That was clearly not Parliament's intention when passing the Act. Some months ago, the Government were alerted to the matter. Since then, we have undertaken discussions within government to find a way to address it. We recognise the seriousness of the issue. To put it beyond doubt and remove any uncertainty, we will introduce appropriate legislation before the end of the current Session. Only one or two clauses would be required.’[1] What exactly is the problem with the Act? – Kaihsu (talk) 22:10, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

I suspect it is s 18 (certain Commonwealth citizens) that causes a problem; or maybe it was hidden in the repeals: s 74(2). I sent a Freedom of Information request to find out. – Kaihsu (talk) 13:41, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

After some study, I think the problem came from repeals/amendments of the Act of Settlement 1700. But I have not pinpointed it yet. – Kaihsu (talk) 22:30, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

The written statement sheds a little more light on it. It is something to do with a modification to "section 3 of the Act of Settlement 1701". Road Wizard (talk) 22:50, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks; a parsed version is here: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2009-12-15a.241.0 It appears that each of s 3 Act of Settlement 1700, (the section that gave effect to) Sch 7 of British Nationality Act 1981, and s 18 of the present Act was awkwardly drafted. As Lord Bach said, ‘The relevant provisions are complex.’ – Kaihsu (talk) 01:45, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

A section of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 claims to clarify this. 121a0012 (talk) 07:13, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Delicate drafting

Schedule 2, to be given effect by s 74(2), would repeal s 68 of this same Act(!). Each of the abovementioned two sections, on passing of the Act, awaited respective commencement ordered by the Secretary of State: s 77. I have not read enough British statutes to know if such delicate drafting is typical. – Kaihsu (talk) 13:28, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

"Mr Zero None of the Above"

In spite of what is stated in this article, there seems to be a "None of the Above" type candidate standing in Bristol South this year. See this newspaper article for details. Either the statement in the WP article is wrong, or "Mr Zero None Of The Above" will not be allowed to stand, surely? Loganberry (Talk) 12:20, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

As I understand it, that would only apply to the name of the party, " result in an elector being misled as to the effect of his vote" (s49). However if he didn't change his name, but claimed "none of the above" was a common pseudonym, then he would likely be prevented under s21 ("commonly used name may be likely to mislead or confuse electors"). The article is naturally paraphrased somewhat, perhaps a bit too much in this case. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 12:59, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

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