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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009-commencement-no-5-and-saving-provisions-order-2010/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2866",
  "legislation_title": "The Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No. 5 and Saving Provisions) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009-commencement-no-5-and-saving-provisions-order-2010",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Saving provisions",
  "text": "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—\n(a) in section 146 (supervisory powers of Commission)—\n(i) subsections (2), (5) and (6);\n(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;\n(b) the entries in Schedule 20 (penalties) relating to section 146(5) and (6).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2866/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:23:56.947477+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}