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The Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No.6) Order 2013

S.I. 2013/99 · Made 21 January 2013

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Representation Of The People

Made 21st January 2013

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

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2009 c.12. Article 3 of the Lord President of the Council Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1837) provides that the powers conferred on the Secretary of State under section 43 are exercisable concurrently by the Secretary of State and the Lord President of the Council.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 22nd January 2013
  3. 3Provision coming into force on 1st January 2014
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This order may be cited as the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No.6) Order 2013.

(2)

In this Order “the Act” means the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009.

2Provisions coming into force on 22nd January 2013

Subsections (1), (2) and (4) of section 27 (returning officers for elections to the European Parliament) of the Act come into force on 22nd January 2013.

3Provision coming into force on 1st January 2014

Section 27(3) of the Act comes into force on 1st January 2014.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord President of the Council

Chloë Smith

Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform

Cabinet Office

21st January 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings section 27(1), (2) and (4) of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c.12) into force on 22nd January 2013, and brings section 27(3) into force on 1st January 2014. Section 27 amends section 6 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (c.24). Subsections (2) and (4) provide that the Greater London Authority returning officer is eligible to be designated by the Secretary of State as a returning officer for European Parliamentary elections. Subsection (3) provides that the local returning officers for European Parliamentary elections will be local authority returning officers, rather than returning officers for United Kingdom parliamentary elections.