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Long title | An Act to postpone elections of local authorities, to postpone the preparation of the register of electors, to suspend certain powers relating to the alteration of the areas or of the constitution of local authorities, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. |
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Citation | 2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 115 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 31 October 1939 |
Expired | 31 December 1940 |
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Status: Repealed |
Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1940 | |
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Long title | An Act to continue in force the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1939, with certain amendments, and to make provision for safeguarding the rights of contributory employees and local Act contributors as defined by the Local Government Superannuation Act, 1937, and the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Act, 1937, in respect of remuneration lost in consequence of the first-mentioned Act. |
Citation | 4 & 5 Geo. 6. c. 3 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 19 December 1940 |
Expired | 31 December 1941 |
Status: Expired |
Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1941 | |
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Long title | An Act to continue in force the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1939, as amended by the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1940, and to make certain amendments of those Acts, including amendments modifying the qualifications of common councilmen of the City of London and the persons entitled to vote at elections of aldermen and common councilmen in the said City and postponing the preparation of ward lists in the said City. |
Citation | 4 & 5 Geo. 6. c. 49 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 11 November 1941 |
Expired | 31 December 1942 |
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Amends | Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939 |
Status: Expired |
Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1942 | |
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Long title | An Act to continue in force the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1939, as amended by the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1940, and the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1941. |
Citation | 5 & 6 Geo. 6. c. 38 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 22 October 1942 |
Expired | 31 December 1943 |
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Amends | Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939 |
Status: Expired |
Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1943 | |
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Long title | An Act to continue in force the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1939, as amended by subsequent Acts and subject to certain further amendments, and to amend section two of the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1940. |
Citation | 7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 2 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 16 December 1943 |
Expired | 31 December 1944 |
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Status: Expired |
Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1944 | |
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Long title | An Act to continue in force the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1939. |
Citation | 8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 3 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 21 December 1944 |
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Amends | Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939 |
Repealed by | Representation of the People Act 1945 |
Status: Repealed |
The Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 115) was a war time Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that postponed local elections and the preparation of registers of electors. Initially the postponement was for one year, but the Act was renewed annually until the electoral cycle was resumed in 1945 following the cessation of hostilities.
The Act had ten sections.
"While this Act is in force, no local election shall be held and any alderman, councillor or elective auditor in office at the commencement of this Act shall continue in office".
With the continuation of the war until 1945, the provisions of the 1939 legislation had to be renewed on five further occasions by the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Acts of 1940,[1] 1941,[2] 1942,[3] 1943,[4] and 1944.[5]