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Paragraph 3 Eligible parties

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(1)

A party listed in sub-paragraph (2) is eligible for grant under this Scheme—

(a)

in respect of the year ending on 31st March 2007, if, on the date on which the Elections (Policy Development Grants Scheme) Order 2006 is made, it is represented for the purposes of section 12 of the Actf1;

(b)

in respect of any later year for which this Scheme has effect if, on 7th March preceding the beginning of the year in question, it is represented for the purposes of section 12 of the Act.

(2)

The parties are—

(a)

the Conservative Party,

(b)

the Democratic Unionist Party,

(c)

the Labour Party,

(d)

the Liberal Democrat Party,

(e)

Plaid Cymru,

(f)

the Scottish National Party, and

(g)

the Social Democratic and Labour Party.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

See section 12(1)(b) as regards interpreting “represented” for the purposes of policy development grants.