Part II Registration of political parties

Supplemental

I140 Interpretation of Part II.

1

In this Part—

  • “the appointed day” means the day appointed under section 163(2) for the coming into force of section 23;

  • “financial year”, in relation to a registered party, shall be construed in accordance with section 41(6);

  • “parish or community election” means an election of councillors for a parish in England or a community in Wales;

  • “party” includes any organisation or person;

  • “the register” shall be construed in accordance with section 28(10);

  • “registered” (unless the context otherwise requires) means registered under this Part (whether in the Great Britain or the Northern Ireland register), and other references to registration shall be construed accordingly;

  • “the registrar of companies” means the registrar or other officer who performs the duty of registering companies under the M1Companies Act 1985;

  • “relevant election” shall be construed in accordance with section 22(5).

2

For the purposes of this Part a registered party contests an election—

a

by one or more candidates standing for election in the party’s name at the election, or

b

by the party itself standing nominated at the election.

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The combined region is to be regarded as part of England for the purposes of—

a

the references to England in sections 22(2)(a), 23(2)(a) and (3), 28(3A) and 30(1)(ba);

b

the references to Great Britain (other than in the expression “Great Britain register”) in sections 23(5)(c) and 28(2)(a) and (b); and

c

any reference in this Part to a part or parts of Great Britain or to a part or parts of the United Kingdom (other than a reference by name to a particular part).