Registration of Political Parties (Prohibited Words and Expressions) (Amendment) Order 2005

S.I. 2005/147 · Made 26 January 2005

This Statutory Instrument has been printed in substitution of the SI of the same number and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES

Made 26th January 2005

Laid before Parliament 28th January 2005

Coming into force 19th February 2005

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 28(4)(f) and (6) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000^f1, after consultation with the Electoral Commission in accordance with subsection (4)(f) of that section, hereby makes the following Order:—

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Footnotes

f1: 2000 c. 41.

1Article 1
2Amendments
Signature
Explanatory note

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Registration of Political Parties (Prohibited Words and Expressions) (Amendment) Order 2005.

(2)

The Order shall come into force on 19th February 2005.

2Amendments

(1)

The Registration of Political Parties (Prohibited Words and Expressions) Order 2001^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

After article 2(2)(d), insert a new subparagraph (e)—

“(e)

Part V of the Schedule, if the words are used otherwise than as part of an expression prohibited in that Part”.

(3)

At the end of Part IV of the Schedule to that Order, insert a new Part V—

“PART V

Prohibited expressions

None of the above.”

Signature

Christopher Leslie

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for Constitutional Affairs

26th January 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Registration of Political Parties (Prohibited Words and Expressions) Order 2001. The expression “None of the above” may not be included in the name of a political party.