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The Electoral Commission (Limit on Public Awareness Expenditure) Order 2002

S.I. 2002/505 · Made 4 March 2002

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ELECTORAL COMMISSION

Made 4th March 2002

Laid before Parliament 11th March 2002

Coming into force 1st April 2002

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 13(6) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000f1, hereby makes the following Order with the consent of the Treasury:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 41.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Specification of sum
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Electoral Commission (Limit on Public Awareness Expenditure) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

2Specification of sum

The sum of £7,500,000 is hereby specified for the purposes of section 13(6) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (sum which the Electoral Commission’s total expenditure incurred in any financial year in performing their functions under section 13(1) of that Act must not exceed).

3Revocation

The Electoral Commission (Limit on Public Awareness Expenditure) Order 2001f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Alan Whitehead

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

28th February 2002

We consent to the making of this Order

John Heppell

Tony McNulty

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

4th March 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under section 13(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, the Electoral Commission are required to promote public awareness of the matters specified in that provision (which include current electoral systems and systems of local government). By this Order the power in section 13(6) of that Act is exercised in order to set a limit of £7,500,000 on the total expenditure in any year in respect of such functions. The Order also revokes the Order made in 2001 that set a limit of £1,500,000 for this purpose.