The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000

100.—(1) Schedule 10 (limits on controlled expenditure) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1 (introductory – interpretation), for sub-paragraph (1)(c) substitute—

“(c) “an ordinary general election to the National Assembly for Wales” means an election under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006;

(ca) “an extraordinary general election to the National Assembly for Wales” means an election under section 5 of the Government of Wales Act 2006;”.

(3) For the heading preceding paragraph 6 substitute “General elections to the National Assembly for Wales”.

(4) In paragraph 6 —

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for “an ordinary election to the Welsh Assembly” substitute “an ordinary general election to the National Assembly for Wales”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (3), for “For the purposes of this paragraph” substitute “In the case of an ordinary general election”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (4)(a), for “section 3(2) of the Government of Wales Act 1998” substitute “section 3(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006”;

(d) in sub-paragraph (4)(b) and (c)—

(i) for “section 3(2) of that Act”, in each place ,substitute “section 3(1) of that Act”; and

(ii) for “section 3(3) of that Act”, substitute “section 4(1) of that Act”;

(e) in the words after sub-paragraph (4)(c) , for “section 3(2) of that Act” substitute “section 3(1) of that Act” ; and

(f) after sub-paragraph (4), add—

“(5) In the case of an extraordinary general election, “the relevant period” for the purposes of this paragraph is the period beginning with the date when the Secretary of State proposes a date for the poll for the election under section 5(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 and ending with the date of the poll for the election.”.