Part II Registration of political parties

Supplemental

40 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.

F1(3)

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).