Part 3 The Electoral Commission

Criminal proceedings

19 Criminal proceedings

(1) Paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to PPERA (the Electoral Commission: incidental powers) is amended as follows.

(2) The existing text becomes sub-paragraph (1).

(3) In sub-paragraph (1)—

(a) after “may” insert “(subject to sub-paragraph (2))”;

(b) omit “(except borrow money)”.

(4) After sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(2) The Commission may not—

(a) borrow money;

(b) institute criminal proceedings in England and Wales or Northern Ireland.”