The Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections, Recall Petitions and Referendums (Ballot Secrecy, Candidates and Undue Influence) Regulations 2023

Citation, commencement, extent and savings

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections, Recall Petitions and Referendums (Ballot Secrecy, Candidates and Undue Influence) Regulations 2023.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 1st November 2023.

(3) Regulations 4(2), 5(a), 6(a), 7(2)(a) and (3)(a) and 8(2) and (3) come into force on 2nd May 2024.

(4) Any amendment or modification made by these Regulations has the same extent as the provision being amended or modified.

(5) The amendments made by regulations 3(2)(c) and (3)(c), 4(4)(b) and 9(2)(c) and (3)(c) do not apply in relation to an election in respect of which a notice of election is published in accordance with the relevant rule on or before 31st October 2023.

(6) The amendments made by the following do not apply in relation to an election in respect of which the date of poll as specified in the notice of election published in accordance with the relevant rule is on or before 1st May 2024—

(a) regulation 3(2)(a), (b), (d) and (e)(i)(aa) and (bb), (ii) and (iii) and (3)(a), (b), (d) and (e)(i)(aa) and (bb), (ii) and (iii);

(b) regulation 4(4)(a), (c) and (d);

(c) regulation 9(2)(a), (b), (d) and (e)(i) and (3)(a), (b), (d) and (e)(i);

(d) regulation 11.

(7) The amendments made by regulations 3(2)(e)(i)(cc) and (dd), (iv) and (v) and (3)(e)(i)(cc) and (dd), (iv) and (v) and 9(2)(e)(ii) and (3)(e)(ii) do not apply in relation to an election in respect of which the date of poll as specified in the notice of election published in accordance with the relevant rule is on or before 6th May 2024.

(8) In this regulation, “relevant rule” means (as the case may be)—

(a) rule 5 of Schedule 1 or rule 5 of Schedule 3 to the Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007(1);

(b) rule 4 of Schedule 3 to the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012(2);

(c) rule 5 of Schedule 1 or rule 5 of Schedule 3 to the Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017(3).

(1)

S.I. 2007/1024. Relevant amendments have been made by section 1(5) of the Local Government (Disqualification) Act 2022 (c. 17) and S.I. 2014/370, 2019/351, 2022/769.

(2)

S.I. 2012/1917; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/300, 2018/272, 2020/190.

(3)

S.I. 2017/67. Relevant amendments have been made by section 2(4) of the Local Government (Disqualification) Act 2022 and S.I. 2018/19, 2019/350, 2022/769.