# Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Schedule—
(a) “an ordinary general election to the Scottish Parliament” means an election held under section 2 of the Scotland Act 1998;
(b) “an extraordinary general election to the Scottish Parliament” means an election held under section 3 of the Scotland Act 1998;
(c) “an ordinary general election to Senedd Cymru” means an election held under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006;
(ca) “an extraordinary general election to Senedd Cymru” means an election held under section 5 of the Government of Wales Act 2006;
(d) “an ordinary general election to the Northern Ireland Assembly” means an election held under section 31 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998; and
(e) “an extraordinary general election to the Northern Ireland Assembly” means an election held under section 32 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule a registered party—
(a) contests a constituency if any candidate stands for election for that constituency in the name of the party; and
(b) contests any region if the party is included in the statement of parties and candidates nominated for that region.
(3) For the purposes of this Schedule a parliamentary general election is pending during the period—
(a) beginning with the date on which Parliament is dissolved ... for a parliamentary general election, and
(b) ending with the date of the poll for that election.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/schedule/9/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000/schedule-9/paragraph-1
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