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 8)
- Requirement of secrecy regulation 30(7) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Prohibition on publication of exit polls regulation 31(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Prohibition of expenses not authorised by election agent regulation 42(6) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Officials not to act for candidates regulation 63(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Illegal canvassing by police officers regulation 64(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Details to appear on election publications regulation 68(11) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Details to appear on election publications regulation 68(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Section 61 (other voting offences) In subsection (1), after “local government election” and “local government… SCHEDULE 3 · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
- A person shall also be guilty of an offence if that person votes as proxy in any voting area for more than two persons… SCHEDULE 3 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
- General restriction on referendum expenses regulation 6(3) · Revoked · Objective fault
- Interference with notices etc paragraph 13 of SCHEDULE 2 · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Prohibition on accepting donations from impermissible donors paragraph 6(7) of SCHEDULE 6 · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person who— a in any declaration or form used for any of the purposes of this Schedule, makes a statement which he… paragraph 8 of SCHEDULE 2 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- A person shall be guilty of an offence if— a he votes in person or by post, whether as an elector or as proxy, or… regulation 24(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- A person shall be guilty of an offence if— a he votes as elector otherwise than by proxy either— i more than once in… regulation 24(3) · 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 elector either— i more than once in the… regulation 24(4) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- A person shall also be guilty of an offence if he votes at a European Parliamentary election in any electoral region… regulation 24(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person shall also be guilty of an offence if he knowingly induces or procures some other person to do an act which… regulation 24(6) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- For the purposes of this regulation a person who has applied for a ballot paper for the purpose of voting in person,… regulation 24(7) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Breach of official duty regulation 25(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Tampering with nomination papers, ballot papers, etc regulation 26(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Tampering with nomination papers, ballot papers, etc regulation 26(2) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- A person who makes a statement which he knows to be false in the declaration required by rule 9(2) of the European… regulation 28(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Requirement of secrecy regulation 29(7) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Prohibition on publication of exit polls regulation 30(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Prohibition of expenses of individual candidate not authorised by election agent regulation 46(6) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Disturbances at election meetings regulation 68(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Officials not to act for candidates regulation 69(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Illegal canvassing by police officers regulation 70(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Details to appear on election publications regulation 74(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Prosecutions for illegal practices article 120 · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person who — a in any declaration or form used for any of the purposes of articles 8, 9, 11 or 12 makes a statement… article 13 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Interference with notices etc article 145 · Status not determined · Strict liability
- For the purposes of this article a person who has applied for a ballot paper for the purpose of voting in person, or… article 29(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person shall be guilty of an offence if— a he votes in person or by post, whether as an elector or as proxy, or… article 29(2) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- A person shall be guilty of an offence if— a he votes as elector otherwise than by proxy either— i more than once in… article 29(4) · 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 elector either— i more than once in the… article 29(5) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- A person shall also be guilty of an offence if he votes as proxy— a in the case of an ordinary election, at… article 29(6) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person shall also be guilty of an offence if he knowingly induces or procures some other person to do an act which… article 29(7) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Breach of official duty article 30(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Tampering with nomination papers, ballot papers etc article 31(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Requirement of secrecy article 33(6) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Prohibition on publication of exit polls article 34(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Where any act or omission of an association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, is an offence declared to… article 44(7) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Disturbances at Assembly election meetings article 69(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Officials not to act for candidates article 70(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Illegal canvassing by police officers article 71(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Printer’s name and address on election publications article 75(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Prohibition on accepting donations from impermissible donors paragraph 6(7) of SCHEDULE 6 · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Penalty for pretending to hold a licence to practise 49A 1 If a person who does not hold a licence to practise— a… article 12(7) · Status not determined · Strict liability