Representation of the People Act 1969

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1969
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Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:category gptkb:Election_law_in_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_Kingdom_Acts_of_Parliament_1969
gptkbp:citation gptkb:1969_c._15
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1969
gptkbp:effect Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 in the UK
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Representation of the People Act 1969
gptkbp:longTitle An Act to reduce the age for the exercise of the parliamentary and local government franchise; and for purposes connected therewith.
gptkbp:previousVotingAge 21
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent 17 April 1969
gptkbp:reducedVotingAgeTo 18
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1983
gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1918
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1969
gptkbp:status Amended
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Acts
gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act
gptkb:UK_Acts_of_Parliament
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6