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Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011

  3. 2.Revival of prerogative powers to dissolve Parliament and to call a new Parliament

  4. 3.Non-justiciability of revived prerogative powers

  5. 4.Automatic dissolution of Parliament after five years

  6. 5.Minor and consequential amendments and savings

  7. 6.Extent, commencement and short title

    1. SCHEDULE

      Minor and consequential amendments

      1. 1.Succession to the Crown Act 1707 (c. 41)

      2. 2.Representation of the People Act 1867 (c. 102)

      3. 3.Regency Act 1937 (c. 16)

      4. 4.Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)

      5. 5.In section 28 (discharge of returning officer’s functions in England...

      6. 6.In section 76ZA (limitation of pre-candidacy election expenses for certain...

      7. 7.In section 95 (schools and rooms for parliamentary election meetings),...

      8. 8.(1) Schedule 1 (parliamentary elections rules) is amended as follows....

      9. 9.Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50)

      10. 10.Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)>

      11. 11.In section 2 (ordinary general elections), in subsection (2A)(a), omit...

      12. 12.In section 12A (power of the Secretary of State to...

      13. 13.Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)

      14. 14.In section 63 (weekly donation reports during general election period),...

      15. 15.(1) Section 95A (quarterly donation reports) is amended as follows....

      16. 16.In Schedule 9 (limits on campaign expenditure)—

      17. 17.In Schedule 10 (limits on controlled expenditure)—

      18. 18.Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

      19. 19.In section 3 (ordinary general elections), in subsection (1A)(a), omit...

      20. 20.In section 13A (power of the Secretary of State to...

      21. 21.Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5)

      22. 22.Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6)

      23. 23.Wales Act 2014 (c. 29)

      24. 24.Recall of MPs Act 2015 (c. 25)

      25. 25.(1) Section 5 (Speaker’s notice that a recall condition has...

      26. 26.(1) Section 13 (early termination of recall petition process) is...

      27. 27.Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26)

      28. 28.In section 21 (duty on Secretary of State to publish...

      29. 29.In section 23 (duty of Secretary of State to publish...

      30. 30.In section 24A (duty on relevant regulators to assess economic...

      31. 31.In section 25 (appointment of body to verify assessments and...

      32. 32.Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019 (c. 29)

      33. 33.Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 2)

      34. 34.Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/341)

      35. 35.Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/497)

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