1 Establishment of the Electoral Commission.U.K.
(1)There shall be a body corporate to be known as the Electoral Commission or, in Welsh, Comisiwn Etholiadol (in this Act referred to as “the Commission”).
(2)The Commission shall consist of members to be known as Electoral Commissioners.
(3)There shall be [F1nine or ten] Electoral Commissioners.
(4)The Electoral Commissioners shall be appointed by Her Majesty (in accordance with section 3).
(5)Her Majesty shall (in accordance with section 3 [F2but subject to section 3A(6)]) appoint one of the Electoral Commissioners to be the chairman of the Commission.
(6)Schedule 1, which makes further provision in relation to the Commission, shall have effect.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1(3) substituted (1.10.2010) by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12), ss. 6, 43(1); S.I. 2010/2409, art. 2
F2Words in s. 1(5) inserted (21.7.2009) by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12), ss. 39, 43(1)(5)(b), Sch. 6 para. 9