Version Superseded: 05/02/2004
Point in time view as at 16/02/2001. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, Paragraph 1 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
1(1)In this Schedule—
(a)“an ordinary general election to the Scottish Parliament” means an election held under section 2 of the M1Scotland Act 1998;
(b)“an extraordinary general election to the Scottish Parliament” means an election held under section 3 of the M2Scotland Act 1998;
(c)“an ordinary election to the Welsh Assembly” means an election held under section 3 of the M3Government of Wales Act 1998;
(d)“an ordinary general election to the Northern Ireland Assembly” means an election held under section 31 of the M4Northern Ireland Act 1998; and
(e)“an extraordinary general election to the Northern Ireland Assembly” means an election held under section 32 of the M5Northern Ireland Act 1998.
(2)For the purposes of this Schedule a parliamentary general election is pending during the period—
(a)beginning with the date on which Her Majesty’s intention to dissolve Parliament is announced in connection with a forthcoming parliamentary general election, and
(b)ending with the date of the poll for that election.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 10 wholly in force at 16.2.2001; Sch. 10 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 163(2); Sch. 10 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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