Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
The provisions of the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 referred to in section 25(1) of that Act were brought into force on Royal Assent. The remaining provisions of that Act, other than the provisions brought into force by this Order, were brought into force two weeks after Royal Assent by section 25(3). Accordingly, with this Order, all of the provisions of that Act have been brought into force.