Commentary on provisions of Act Section 2: Amendment of Northern Ireland legislation
This section creates equivalent offences for the purposes of local elections in Northern Ireland and applies new section 62C of the RPA 1983 for the purposes of elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Subsection (1) amends the 1962 Act to introduce equivalent offences in relation to local elections in Northern Ireland. Subsection (2) amends the 2001 Order to apply new section 62C of the RPA 1983 in relation to Northern Ireland Assembly elections.