The Parliament (Elections and Meeting) Act 1943 (6 & 7 Geo. 6. c. 48) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made temporary wartime provision for parliamentary elections and the registration of parliamentary electors in the United Kingdom, consolidated and amended the law relating to the delivery of writs for parliamentary elections, and shortened the time required for summoning parliament when prorogued.
, section 34 of the act remains in force in the United Kingdom.
Provisions Repealed enactments The act repealed 11 enactments, listed in Parts I and II of the seventh schedule to the act.
+Part I - enactments as from the commencement of the actCitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 25Parliamentary Elections Act 1695An Act for the further regulating Elections of Members to serve in Parliament and for the preventing irregular Proceedings of Sheriffs and other Officers in the electing and returning such Members.In section one, the words from "And that as well" to the end of the section.6 Anne. c. 40Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707The Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act, 1707.In section five, the words "directed to the several sheriffs and stewarts of the respective shires and stewartries".60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4. c. 11Parliamentary Elections (Ireland) Act 1820The Parliamentary Elections (Ireland) Act, 1820.Section five.4 Geo. 4. c. 55Parliamentary Elections (Ireland) Act 1823The Parliamentary Elections (Ireland) Act, 1823.Section thirty-three.16 & 17 Vict. c. 68Parliamentary Elections Act 1853The Parliamentary Elections Act, 1853.In section one, the words from "the writ for making" to "places respectively".17 & 18 Vict. c. 57Returning Officers Act 1854The Returning Officers Act, 1854.The whole act.25 & 26 Vict. c. 92Elections (Ireland) Act 1862The Elections (Ireland) Act, 1862.The whole act.7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 64Representation of the People Act 1918The Representation of the People Act, 1918.In the Fifth Schedule, in Part I, paragraph 1, the words from "and the writ" to end of paragraph; and in Part II, paragraph 1, the words from "to whom" to end of paragraph.
+Part II - enactments repealed as from the coming into operation of the Order in Council first made as respects Great Britain under section 29 of the actCitationShort titleExtent of repeal53 Geo. 3. c. 89Parliamentary Writs Act 1813The whole act.37 & 38 Vict. c. 81Great Seal (Offices) Act 1874In section four, the words from "The powers and duties" to "in writing", and the word "other".23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 36Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933In the First Schedule, the entry relating to the Parliamentary Writs Act 1813.
Subsequent developments The wartime registration provisions in sections 1 to 25 of the act, together with the first, second, fourth and sixth schedules to it, were repealed by the thirteenth schedule to the Representation of the People Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 65). Sections 26 to 33 of the act, relating to parliamentary writs, together with the fifth schedule to it, were repealed by the ninth schedule to the Representation of the People Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68). The seventh schedule to the act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1950.
Section 34 of the act, which amended the Meeting of Parliament Act 1797 (37 Geo. 3. c. 127) to permit parliament to be summoned on any day after the date of a prorogation proclamation, remains in force.
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