Representation of the People Act 2000

The Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that changed the British electoral process in four minor amendments to the Representation of the People Act 1983:

• It removed most restrictions on postal voting and proxy voting.
• It allows psychiatric hospitals to be used as a registration address.
• It requires additional assistance for disabled voters, particularly visually impaired voters.
• It made provision for new regulations governing the access, sale and supply of electoral registers.

Representation of the People Act 2000

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make new provision with respect to the registration of voters for the purposes of parliamentary and local government elections; to make other provision in relation to voting at such elections; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2000 c. 2
Introduced by	Jack Straw, Secretary of State for the Home Department
Dates
Royal assent	9 March 2000
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Representation of the People Act 1990
Amended by	Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 Civil Partnership Act 2004 Electoral Administration Act 2006 Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015 Policing and Crime Act 2017 Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Act 2020 Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 Elections Act 2022 Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Representation of the People Act 2000 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

Subsequent amendments

Six years after the act, the Department for Constitutional Affairs introduced the Bill that became the Electoral Administration Act 2006 which made alterations to UK electoral processes.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Reform Acts
• Representation of the People Act

External links

• The Representation of the People Act 2000, as currently amended
• The Representation of the People Act 2000, as originally enacted from the Office of Public Sector Information.
• Explanatory notes to the Representation of the People Act 2000 from the Office of Public Sector Information.