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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-civil-sanctions-order-2010/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2860",
  "legislation_title": "The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums (Civil Sanctions) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-civil-sanctions-order-2010",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Representation Of The People\nMade 29th November 2010\nComing into force 1st December 2010\nThe Lord President of the Council makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 15, 16, 18, 19 and 21 of Schedule 19C to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.\nThe Lord President of the Council has consulted the Electoral Commission pursuant to paragraph 17(1) and (3) of Schedule 19C to that Act.\nIn accordance with section 156(4A) of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Order applied (1.11.2023) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), ss. 50, 67(1); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 3(f) (with Sch. para. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Order applied (with modifications) (S.) (17.11.2025) by Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 (asp 4), ss. 56, 73(2); S.S.I. 2025/260, reg. 3, sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 41. Schedule 19C is inserted by section 3(2) of and Schedule 2 to the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12). Section 159A of the 2000 Act provides that in the 2000 Act “the Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State or the Lord President of the Council. Section 159A was inserted by article 20 of and paragraph 25(3) of Schedule 2 to the Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2626). Article 4 of the Lord President of the Council Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1837) provides that the functions under the 2000 Act that were previously exercisable concurrently by the Secretary of State and the Lord Chancellor are instead exercisable concurrently by the Secretary of State and the Lord President of the Council, and article 5 of and paragraph 9 of the Schedule to that Order made consequential amendments to section 159A of the 2000 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 156(4A) is inserted by section 3(4) of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2860/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:23:59.858716+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."
}