Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 2 referred to (N.I.) (12.12.2014) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), s. 7, Sch. 1 para. 3(13) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3))
(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). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 40(3) repealed (31.12.2020) by The European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1310), reg. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. 1 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1389, regs. 1, 2(2))
Commencement Information
I1S. 40 wholly in force at 16.2.2001; s. 40 not in force at Royal Assent and in force for specified purposes at 14.12.2000, see s. 163(2)(4); s. 40 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)
Marginal Citations