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The Electoral Commission (Limit on Public Awareness Expenditure) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/510 · Made 27 February 2014 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Electoral Commission

Made 27th February 2014

Laid before Parliament 7th March 2014

Coming into force 1st April 2014

The Lord President of the Council, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13(6) and 156(5)(b) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000f1, makes the following Order with the consent of the Treasury.

Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

F1

Order revoked in part (8.8.2023) by The Electoral Commission (Limit on Public Awareness Expenditure) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/807), arts. 1(2), 3

Footnotes

f1

2000 c.41; the functions of the Secretary of State were made exercisable concurrently with the Lord Chancellor by S.I. 2002/2626 and the Lord Chancellor’s functions were transferred to the Lord President of the Council by S.I. 2010/1837.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Maximum sum to be incurred on public awareness
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extentF1I1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Electoral Commission (Limit on Public Awareness Expenditure) Order 2014 and comes into force on 1st April 2014.

(2)

This Order extends to the United Kingdom and Gibraltar.

2Maximum sum to be incurred on public awarenessF1I1

The sum specified for the purposes of section 13(6) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (maximum sum which the Electoral Commission may incur in any financial year in performing their functions under section 13(1) of that Actf1)—

(a)

in the financial year ending with 31st March 2015, is £9,500,000, and

(b)

in any subsequent financial year, is £7,500,000.

3RevocationF1I1

The Electoral Commission (Limit on Public Awareness Expenditure) Order 2002f1 is revoked.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord President of the Council

Greg Clark

Minister of State

Cabinet Office

26th February 2014

We consent

Sam Gyimah

Anne Milton

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

27th February 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under section 13(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, as modified by section 13(1A), the Electoral Commission are required to promote public awareness of current electoral systems in the United Kingdom and (so far as concerns elections to the European Parliament) in Gibraltar. Section 13(6) requires a limit to be set on the amount which the Commission may spend on that function in any financial year. This Order increases the present limit to £9,500,000 for the financial year 2014/15 because of additional work relating to the new system of individual electoral registration. Thereafter the limit will revert to the present limit of £7,500,000. The current Order (S.I. 2002/505) is revoked.

A full impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.