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2013 No. 99 (C. 5)
Representation Of The People
The Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No.6) Order 2013
Made
21st January 2013
The Lord President of the Council makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 43(1) of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009(1).
Citation and interpretation
1.—(1) This order may be cited as the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No.6) Order 2013.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009.
Provisions coming into force on 22nd January 2013
2. Subsections (1), (2) and (4) of section 27 (returning officers for elections to the European Parliament) of the Act come into force on 22nd January 2013.
Provision coming into force on 1st January 2014
3. Section 27(3) of the Act comes into force on 1st January 2014.
Signed by authority of the Lord President of the Council
Chloë Smith
Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform
Cabinet Office
21st January 2013
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings section 27(1), (2) and (4) of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c.12) into force on 22nd January 2013, and brings section 27(3) into force on 1st January 2014. Section 27 amends section 6 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (c.24). Subsections (2) and (4) provide that the Greater London Authority returning officer is eligible to be designated by the Secretary of State as a returning officer for European Parliamentary elections. Subsection (3) provides that the local returning officers for European Parliamentary elections will be local authority returning officers, rather than returning officers for United Kingdom parliamentary elections.
NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.
Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1(2) | 01.12.2010 | 2010/2866 |
| Section 2 | 01.12.2010 | 2010/2866 |
| Section 3 | 01.12.2010 | 2010/2866 |
| Section 6 | 01.10.2010 | 2010/2409 |
| Section 8 | 01.01.2011 | 2010/2866 |
| Sections 12 to 18 | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
| Section 20 | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
| Section 21 | 25.11.2009 | 2009/3084 |
| Sections 23 and 24 | 04.09.2009 | 2009/2395 |
| Section 25 | 26.03.2010 | 2010/969 |
| Section 31(8) | 01.01.2011 | 2010/2866 |
| Section 35 | 01.01.2011 | 2010/2866 |
| Section 36 | 01.01.2011 | 2010/2866 |
| Section 37 | 01.01.2011 | 2010/2866 |
| Section 39 (partially) | 04.09.2009 | 2009/2395 |
| Section 39 (partially) | 25.11.2009 | 2009/3084 |
| Section 39 (partially) | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
| Section 39 (partially) | 26.03.2010 | 2010/969 |
| Section 39 (partially) | 01.12.2010 | 2010/2866 |
| Section 39 (partially) | 01.01.2011 | 2010/2866 |
| Schedule 1 | 01.12.2010 | 2010/2866 |
| Schedule 2 | 01.12.2010 | 2010/2866 |
| Schedule 6 (partially) | 04.09.2009 | 2009/2395 |
| Schedule 6 (partially) | 25.11.2009 | 2009/3084 |
| Schedule 6 (partially) | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
| Schedule 6 (partially) | 01.12.2010 | 2010/2866 |
| Schedule 7 (partially) | 04.09.2009 | 2009/2395 |
| Schedule 7 (partially) | 25.11.2009 | 2009/3084 |
| Schedule 7 (partially) | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
| Schedule 7 (partially) | 26.03.2010 | 2010/969 |
| Schedule 7 (partially) | 01.12.2010 | 2010/2866 |
| Schedule 7 (partially) | 01.01.2011 | 2010/2866 |
(1)
2009 c.12. Article 3 of the Lord President of the Council Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1837) provides that the powers conferred on the Secretary of State under section 43 are exercisable concurrently by the Secretary of State and the Lord President of the Council.
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