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The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006

S.I. 2006/3416 · Made 18 December 2006

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NATIONAL ELECTION EXPENDITURE

POLITICAL PARTIES

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

Made 18th December 2006

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Election Publications Act 2001,f1 makes the following order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2001 c. 5; section 2 was amended by S.I. 2002/2626 and 2003/1887.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. 4Article 4
  5. 5Article 5
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006.

2

This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland.

3

Subject to article 5, the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions is 1st January 2007—

(a)

section 143 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000f1 (details to appear on election material);

(b)

paragraph 14 of Schedule 18 to that Actf2 (replacement of section 110 of the Representation of the People Act 1983).

4

Subject to article 5, section 1(1) and (2)(a) of the Election Publications Act 2001 shall cease to have effect on 1st January 2007.

5

The provisions specified in article 3 do not have effect, and section 1(1) and (2)(a) of the Election Publications Act 2001 continues to have effect, in relation to any election for which the date of the poll specified in the notice of election issued in relation to that election is on or before 2nd May 2007.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Bridget Prentice

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Constitutional Affairs

18th December 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force (in England and Wales and Scotland) section 143 of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 18 to, the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) (“the 2000 Act”). These provisions were commenced on 16th February 2001 by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/222). However, this commencement was deemed not to have had effect by section 1 of the Election Publications Act 2001 (c. 5) (“the 2001 Act”). That Act provided for the provisions to be brought into force on a day appointed by the Secretary of State. That day is 1st January 2007, although transitional provision is made such that the provisions will not apply to irregular elections (such as by-elections) held in the period ending on 2nd May 2007.