{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000/schedule-19B/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000/schedule-19B/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/41",
  "legislation_title": "Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/19B/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An authorisation of a person by the Commission under this Schedule must be in writing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 19B inserted (1.12.2010) by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12), ss. 2(2), 43(1), Sch. 1; S.I. 2010/2866, art. 3(b)(e) (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 19B paras. 3-13 applied (1.11.2023) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), ss. 53, 67(1); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 3(f) (with Sch. para. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 19B paras. 3-13 applied (17.11.2025) by Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 (asp 4), ss. 57(3), 73(2); S.S.I. 2025/260, reg. 3, sch. Pt. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/schedule/19B/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:25.524976+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."
}