Offences made under the Schedule 2 to, the Representation of the People Act 1983
9 statutory instruments made under this Act create 49 criminal offences between them.
These are offences created by secondary legislation made under the Act — not the offences in the Act itself. An Act that creates a power to make regulations, and regulations that then create offences, is the ordinary route by which most of the criminal law is made, and it is the route this report follows.
Instruments made under it
- The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 2023 · 25 offences
- The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling etc.) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 2024 · 6 offences
- The Representation of the People (Franchise Amendment and Eligibility Review) Regulations 2023 2023 · 5 offences
- The Representation of the People (England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2002 2002 · 4 offences
- Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 2002 · 4 offences
- The Representation of the People (Franchise Amendment and Eligibility Review) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 2023 · 2 offences
- The Representation of the People (Absent Voting and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 2026 · 1 offence
- The Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 2019 · 1 offence
- The Electoral Registration (Disclosure of Electoral Registers) Regulations 2013 2013 · 1 offence