Representation of the People Act 1990

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Representation of the People Act 1990
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Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to provide for a person no longer resident at his qualifying address or at any other address in the same area to be eligible for an absent vote for an indefinite period at Parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom and local government elections in Great Britain.
Citation	1990 c. 32
Royal assent	26 July 1990
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Repealed by	Representation of the People Act 2000
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Representation of the People Act 1990 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Representation of the People Act 1990 (RPA 1990) added a minor amendment to previous Acts. The act allowed a person no longer resident at their qualifying address or at any other address in the same area to be eligible for an absentee vote for an indefinite period at Parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom and local government elections in Great Britain. Those who still lived in the same parliamentary constituency in Greater London or the former metropolitan counties, the same electoral division of a non-metropolitan English county, Scotland or Wales, or the same ward in Northern Ireland.^{[citation needed]}

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