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(1)[F2Except where subsection (1A) applies,] the Secretary of State may by order vary any sum for the time being specified in any provision of this Act (other than the sum specified in section 12(8) or 36(5)).
[F3(1A)The Scottish Ministers may by order vary any sum for the time being specified in Part 5 or 6 so far as that sum applies in relation to an election the conduct of which is within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.]
(2)[F4An order under subsection (1) or (1A) may be made either— ]
(a)where [F5the person making the order] considers it expedient to do so in consequence of changes in the value of money, or
(b)where the order gives effect to a recommendation of the Commission.
[F6(3)Subsection (4) applies in relation to the sums specified in—
(a)Part 4;
(b)Part 4A;
(c)Schedule 11;
[F7(ca)section 95B(6);
(cb)Schedule 11A;]
(d)Schedule 15;
(e)Schedule 19A.
(4)In each Parliament, other than a Parliament that is dissolved less than two years after the date of its first sitting, the Secretary of State must either—
(a)make an order in pursuance of subsection (2)(a), or
(b)lay before Parliament a statement setting out the Secretary of State's reasons for not doing so.]
[F8(4A)Subsection (4B) applies in relation to the sums specified in Schedule 11.
(4B)In each session of the Scottish Parliament, other than a session that is dissolved less than two years after the date of its first sitting, the Scottish Ministers must either—
(a)make an order in pursuance of subsection (2)(a), or
(b)lay before the Scottish Parliament a statement setting out the Scottish Ministers' reasons for not doing so.]
[F9(5)The Secretary of State may by order vary any percentage for the time being specified in—
(a)section 94(5ZA), 94D(4) or 96(2)(aa), or
(b)paragraph 3(2) or (2A) of Schedule 10.
(6)The Secretary of State may make an order under subsection (5) only if it gives effect to a recommendation of the Commission.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 155 heading inserted (23.5.2014) by Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 (c. 4), ss. 31(2), 45(1)(b)(ii); S.I. 2014/1236, art. 2(1)(g)
F2Words in s. 155(1) inserted (18.5.2017) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 7(7), 72(4)(a); S.I. 2017/608, reg. 2(1)(e)
F3S. 155(1A) inserted (18.5.2017) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 7(8), 72(4)(a); S.I. 2017/608, reg. 2(1)(e)
F4Words in s. 155(2) substituted (18.5.2017) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 7(9)(a), 72(4)(a); S.I. 2017/608, reg. 2(1)(e)
F5Words in s. 155(2)(a) substituted (18.5.2017) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 7(9)(b), 72(4)(a); S.I. 2017/608, reg. 2(1)(e)
F6S. 155(3)(4) inserted (1.1.2010) by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12), ss. 20(4), 43 (with s. 20(5)); S.I. 2009/3084, art. 4(h)
F7S. 155(3)(ca)(cb) inserted (30.1.2014) by Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 (c. 4), ss. 33(4), 45(3)(b) (with s. 46(1)(2))
F8S. 155(4A)(4B) inserted (18.5.2017) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 7(10), 72(4)(a); S.I. 2017/608, reg. 2(1)(e)
F9S. 155(5)(6) inserted (23.5.2014) by Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 (c. 4), ss. 31(3), 45(1)(b)(ii); S.I. 2014/1236, art. 2(1)(g)
Commencement Information
I1S. 155 wholly in force at 16.2.2001; s. 155 partly in force at Royal Assent, see s. 163(3); s. 155 in force at 16.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/222, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 Pt. II)
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