Search Legislation

Advanced Search

Electoral Administration Act 2006

Electoral Administration Act 2006

2006 CHAPTER 22

Commentary on Sections

Part 8: Miscellaneous

Pre-consolidation

Section 72 Pre-consolidation amendments

405.This section supports any future consolidation of the main legislation from 1983 onwards relating to UK parliamentary elections and local government elections in England and Wales.

406.Subsection (1) confers power on the Secretary of State to make an order amending, for the purposes of and just prior to substantive consolidation, any of the electoral law enactments listed in subsection (2). The coming into force of provisions in the amending order and the substantive Consolidation Act would be co-ordinated (subsections (3) to (6)).

407.Subsection (7) imposes a requirement of consulting the Electoral Commission before making a pre-consolidation order. Subsection (8) provides for affirmative resolution procedure. Subsection (9) states that the Secretary of State must not amend provisions falling within competence of the Scottish Parliament.

Back to top

Options/Help

Print Options

Close

Explanatory Notes

Text created by the government department responsible for the subject matter of the Act to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Public Acts except Appropriation, Consolidated Fund, Finance and Consolidation Acts.

Close

More Resources

Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:

  • the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
  • lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
  • confers power and blanket amendment details
  • all formats of all associated documents
  • correction slips
  • links to related legislation and further information resources