Article 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation, extent and application

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Electoral Commission (Limit on Public Awareness Expenditure) Order 2023.

(2)

This Order comes into force on 8th August 2023.

(3)

This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

(4)

Article 2 does not apply to expenditure incurred by the Electoral Commission—

(a)

in performing their devolved Scottish functions; or

(b)

to the extent that it is, or is to be, met under paragraph 16A of Schedule 1 to the Act or paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.

(5)

In this Order—

“the Act” means the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000;
“devolved Scottish functions” has the meaning given by section 4A(8)(a) of the Act^f1.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 4A was inserted by section 16 of the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37).