Final provisions

26Amendments that could have been made under existing powers

(1)

The amendments made by section 2(1) and (2) are treated, for the purposes of section 63 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006, as made under that section.

(2)

Where—

(a)

any other provision of this Act amends or revokes subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978), and

(b)

the amendment or revocation could have been made under a power conferred by an enactment,

the amendment or revocation is treated, for the purposes of that enactment, as having been made under it.