Part 3The Electoral Commission
Criminal proceedings
19Criminal proceedings
(1)
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to PPERA (the Electoral Commission: incidental powers) is amended as follows.
(2)
The existing text becomes sub-paragraph (1).
(3)
In sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)
after “may” insert “(subject to sub-paragraph (2))”
;
(b)
omit “(except borrow money)”.
(4)
After sub-paragraph (1) insert—
“(2)
The Commission may not—
(a)
borrow money;
(b)
institute criminal proceedings in England and Wales or Northern Ireland.”