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]
| Act of Parliament | |
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| 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. |
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| Citation | 1990 c. 32 |
| Dates | |
| 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| Repealed by | Representation of the People Act 2000 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |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. | |