# Deregulation Act 2015, Section 94: Electoral Commission: changes to facilitate efficient administration


(1) Schedule 1 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (the Electoral Commission) is amended as follows.
(2) Paragraph 15 (five-year plan) is amended as set out in subsections (3) and (4).
(3) In sub-paragraph (1), after “paragraph 14” insert “ in respect of the first financial year to begin after the day on which Parliament meets for the first time following a parliamentary general election, ”.
(4) After that sub-paragraph insert—
“(1A) The Speaker's Committee may require the Commission to submit a plan under sub-paragraph (1) when the Commission submit such an estimate as is mentioned in paragraph 14 in respect of a financial year other than one mentioned in that sub-paragraph.”
(5) In paragraph 16 (annual examination of Commission by Comptroller and Auditor General), in sub-paragraph (1)—
(a) after “paragraphs 14 and 15” insert “ in respect of any year when both an estimate under paragraph 14 and a five-year plan under paragraph 15 are submitted to them, ”;
(b) for “in each year” substitute “ before the Committee consider the estimate and plan ”.
(6) In the cross-heading preceding paragraph 16, for “Annual examination” substitute “ Examination ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/20/section/94 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-act-2015/section-94
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