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Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, Paragraph 1 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 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.

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1(1)In this Schedule—U.K.
(a)“an ordinary general election to the Scottish Parliament” means an election held under section 2 of the Scotland Act 1998;
(b)“” means an election held under section 3 of the Scotland Act 1998;
[(c)“an ordinary general election to the National Assembly for Wales” means an election held under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006;
(ca)“” means an election held under section 5 of the Government of Wales Act 2006;]
(d)“an ordinary general election to the Northern Ireland Assembly” means an election held under section 31 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998; and
(e)“an extraordinary general election to the Northern Ireland Assembly” means an election held under section 32 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
(2)For the purposes of this Schedule a registered party—
(a)contests a constituency if any candidate stands for election for that constituency in the name of the party; and
(b)contests any region if the party is included in the statement of parties and candidates nominated for that region.
(3)For the purposes of this Schedule a parliamentary general election is pending during the period—
(a)beginning with the date on which [Parliament is dissolved by section 3(1) of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 for a] parliamentary general election, and
(b)ending with the date of the poll for that election.
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