The Registration of Political Parties (Fees) Order 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 2872

REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES

The Registration of Political Parties (Fees) Order 1998

Made

21st November 1998

Laid before Parliament

23rd November 1998

Coming into force:

Articles 1 and 2

3rd December 1998

Articles 3 and 4

14th January 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 6(7) and 7(3)(c) of, and paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Registration of Political Parties (Fees) Order 1998.

(2) This article and article 2 shall come into force on 3rd December 1998 and articles 3 and 4 shall come into force on 14th January 1999.

(3) In this Order “the Act” means the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998.

2.  The fee for an application by a party under section 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Act for inclusion in the register of political parties is £150.

3.  The fee for an application by a party under section 6 of the Act to alter its entry in the register is £25.

4.  The fee for a notice under section 7 of the Act by the registered leader of a party notifying the registrar that the party is to remain registered is £25.

George Howarth

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

21st November 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies fees in connection with the registration of political parties.

(1)

1998 c. 48.