Article 5 Saving provisions

Notwithstanding the commencement of section 2 of the 2009 Act by article 3(b), the following provisions of the 2000 Act continue to have effect from 1st December 2010 to 31st May 2011 as if section 2 of the 2009 Act, and the entry in Schedule 7 to that Act relating to Schedule 20 to the 2000 Act, had not been commenced—

(a)

in section 146 (supervisory powers of Commission)—

(i)

subsections (2), (5) and (6);

(ii)

subsection (3), but only if the person exercising the power conferred by that subsection has been duly authorised by the Electoral Commission before 1st December 2010;

(b)

the entries in Schedule 20 (penalties) relating to section 146(5) and (6).