Elections and representation of the people
492 criminal offences created by 74 statutory instruments.
492offences
74instruments
66%strict liability
This subject is one this project added. The catalogue it extends drew its subjects from where strict liability is discussed — road traffic, food, health and safety — while the offences secondary legislation actually creates cluster elsewhere. Forcing them into “miscellaneous” would have hidden that.
Offences (page 3)
- A person (“B”) who fails to comply with regulation 23(3) or (4) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary… regulation 24(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- For the purpose of determining whether an application for a ballot paper constitutes an offence under paragraph (2)(a)… regulation 58 · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Power to require information regulation 9(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Challenge of voter paragraph 41 of SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Objective fault
- Challenge of voter paragraph 41(b) of SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Challenge of voter paragraph 41 of SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Objective fault
- Challenge of voter paragraph 41(b) of SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Requirements where form of canvass form issued by registration officer regulation 5(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Requirements where form of canvass form issued by registration officer regulation 5(2)(a) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Processing of information in connection with annual canvass data matching regulation 32ZBC(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Where the registration officer provides the form on which an application for registration is made, the form shall… regulation 15(9) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person is guilty of an offence if that person— a signs a petition in person or by post, whether as an elector or as… regulation 119(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- A person is guilty of an offence if they— a sign a petition in any signing place when there is in force an appointment… regulation 119(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person is guilty of an offence if they sign a petition in person as proxy for an elector at which that person is… regulation 119(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person is guilty of an offence if they sign a petition as proxy for more than two persons of whom they are not the… regulation 119(4) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person is guilty of an offence if they knowingly induce or procure another person to do an act which is, or but for… regulation 119(5) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- For the purposes of determining whether an application for a signing sheet constitutes an offence under paragraph (1),… regulation 119(7) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person commits an offence if they— a engage in an act specified in paragraph (2) in relation to a petition; and b… regulation 120(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person who commits an offence under paragraph (1) or who aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of such an… regulation 120(4) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Breach of official duty regulation 121(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Tampering with signing sheets etc regulation 122(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Prohibition on publication of exit polls regulation 124(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Disturbances at petition meetings: England and Wales and Scotland regulation 127(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Illegal canvassing by police officers regulation 128(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Details to appear on petition publications regulation 131(7) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Details to appear on petition publications regulation 131(9) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Prohibition of paid canvassers regulation 132(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Absent signing regulation 137 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Challenge of person signing the petition regulation 26 · Status not determined · Strict liability
- For the purposes of the referendum, the following subsections are to be treated as substituted for subsections (1) to… paragraph 14(2) of SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- A person shall be guilty of an offence if— a he votes on his own behalf otherwise than by proxy more than once; or b… paragraph 14(2) of SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- A person shall be guilty of an offence if— a he votes as proxy for the same person more than once; or b he votes in… paragraph 14(2) of SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- A person shall also be guilty of an offence if he votes as proxy for more than two persons of whom he is not the… paragraph 14(2) of SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
- Tampering with papers paragraph 17(4) of SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Officials not to act for candidates paragraph 25 of SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Challenge of voter regulation 30(b) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- If a person— a in any declaration or form used for any of the purposes of this Chapter of this Part, makes a statement… regulation 69(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- If a person provides false information in connection with an application under regulation 62(1) or (2) or 66(4), that… regulation 69(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- If a person— a in any declaration or form used for any of the purposes of this Chapter of this Part, makes a statement… regulation 78(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- If a person provides false information in connection with an application under regulation 73(1) or 77(5), that person… regulation 78(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person (“P”) shall be guilty of an offence if— a P votes in person or by post, whether as an elector or as proxy, or… article 26(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- A person (“Q”) shall be guilty of an offence if— a Q votes as elector— i more than once in any constituency at a poll… article 26(3) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- A person (“R”) shall be guilty of an offence if— a R votes as proxy for the same elector either— i more than once in… article 26(4) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- A person (“S”) shall be guilty of an offence if S votes at a Scottish parliamentary election in any constituency as… article 26(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person shall be guilty of an offence if that person knowingly induces or procures some other person to do an act… article 26(6) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- For the purposes of this article, a person who has applied for a ballot paper for the purpose of voting in person, or… article 26(7) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person (“P”) commits an offence if P— a engages in an act specified in paragraph (2), and b intends, by doing so, to… article 27(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person who commits an offence under paragraph (1) or who aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of such an… article 27(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Breach of official duty article 28(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Tampering with nomination papers, ballot papers etc article 29(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind