Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, extent and interpretationI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Recall Petition (Petition Officers’ Charges) Regulations 2024 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Recall of MPs Act 2015;

• “Greater London area” means the area of—

  1. the City of London, and

  2. the London boroughs described in Schedule 1 to the London Government Act 1963^f1;

• “official petition notice” means a notice sent in accordance with section 8 of the Act (notice of petition);

• “petition signing sheet” means a signing sheet which is to be made available for signing the recall petition in accordance with section 9 of the Act (recall petition to be made available for signing), other than a postal signing sheet;

• “postal signing sheet” means a signing sheet issued to a postal signer in accordance with Part 5 of the Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016.