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The Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2010

S.I. 2010/2409 · Made 30 September 2010

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Representation Of The People

Made 30th September 2010

The Lord President of the Council, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 43(1) of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 f1, makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

2009 c. 12; the powers conferred by section 43(1) on the Secretary of State were made exercisable concurrently by the Lord President of the Council and the Secretary of State by the Lord President of the Council Order 2010, S.I. 2010/1837.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Appointed date
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2010.

2Appointed date

Section 6 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (number of Electoral Commissioners) comes into force on 1st October 2010.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord President of the Council

Mark Harper

Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform)

Cabinet Office

30th September 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st October 2010 section 6 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c.12). Section 6 amends section 1(3) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41) by increasing the number of Electoral Commissioners to nine or ten from a minimum number of five and a maximum number of nine.