{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000/section-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000/section-40.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": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part II.",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“the appointed day” means the day appointed under section 163(2) for the coming into force of section 23;\n“financial year”, in relation to a registered party, shall be construed in accordance with section 41(6);\n“parish or community election” means an election of councillors for a parish in England or a community in Wales;\n“party” includes any organisation or person;\n“the register” shall be construed in accordance with section 28(10);\n“registered” (unless the context otherwise requires) means registered under this Part (whether in the Great Britain or the Northern Ireland register), and other references to registration shall be construed accordingly;\n“the registrar of companies” means the registrar or other officer who performs the duty of registering companies under the Companies Act 1985;\n“relevant election” shall be construed in accordance with section 22(5).\n(2) For the purposes of this Part a registered party contests an election—\n(a) by one or more candidates standing for election in the party’s name at the election, or\n(b) by the party itself standing nominated at the election.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 40(3) repealed (31.12.2020) by The European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1310), reg. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. 1 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1389, regs. 1, 2(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1985 c. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 40 wholly in force at 16.2.2001; s. 40 not in force at Royal Assent and in force for specified purposes at 14.12.2000, see s. 163(2)(4); s. 40 in force at 16.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/222, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 Pt. II)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/section/40",
    "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."
}