Part I

The Electoral Commission

Strategy and policy statement

Duties in relation to statement
4B
1
This section applies where a statement has been designated under section 4A.
2
The Commission must have regard to the statement when carrying out their functions.
3
Subsection (2) does not apply to information contained in the statement by virtue of section 4A(3)(b).
4
The Commission must publish a report, as soon as practicable after the end of—
a
the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which the statement was first designated under section 4A, and
b
every subsequent 12-month period,
on what they have done during the period in question in consequence of the statement.
5
Where, before the end of a reporting period, the statement is designated by virtue of section 4D (5-yearly review) or section 4E (power to revise statement)—
a
the Commission are not required to publish a report under subsection (4) in relation to the reporting period, and
b
subsection (4) has effect as if the reference in paragraph (a) to the day on which the statement was first designated under section 4A were to the day on which the statement was last designated under that section by virtue of section 4D or 4E.
6
“
Reporting period
” means a period in relation to which a report is required to be published under subsection (4).
7
The duty under subsection (4) does not apply in relation to a 12-month period if before the end of that period the statement’s designation is withdrawn under section 4D(4)(c) or treated as withdrawn under section 4D(5)(b).
8
The Commission must provide a copy of each report published under subsection (4) to the Speaker’s Committee.
Ss. 4A-4E and cross-heading inserted (19.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), ss. 16, 67(1); S.I. 2022/908, reg. 2