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Statutory Instruments
Representation Of The People
Made
24th March 2010
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 43(1) and (2)(b) of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009(1), makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No. 3 and Saving Provision) Order 2010.
2. The following provisions of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 come into force on 26th March 2010—
(a)section 25 (disposal of election documents in Scotland);
(b)section 39 (amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the entry in paragraph (c); and
(c)the entry in Schedule 7 (repeals) relating to section 63(3)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1983(2).
3. The provisions brought into force by article 2 do not have effect in relation to any election for which the date of the poll specified in the notice of election issued in relation to that election is before the date on which those provisions come into force.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Ann McKechin
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Scotland Office
24th March 2010
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, at article 2, brings into force on 26th March 2010 section 25 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c.12), together with a consequential repeal.
Section 25 amends section 63 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Representation of the People Act 1983 (1983 c.2) (“the 1983 Act”). The amendment to section 63 (breach of official duty) omits the words “sheriff clerk”. The amendment to Schedule 1 substitutes a revised rule 58 (disposal of documents in Scotland) in the Parliamentary Election Rules contained in Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act. The new rule 58 gives responsibility for the retention of, provision of access to, and disposal of, the election records and documents for a United Kingdom Parliamentary election in Scotland to the Parliamentary Returning Officer for the election.
The saving provision at article 3 of the Order ensures that the provisions brought into force by article 2 do not apply to elections where the date of the poll is before the date on which those provisions come into force (26th March 2010). Those documents will continue to be forwarded to and held by sheriff clerks until destroyed under rule 57 of the Parliamentary Elections Rules.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.
Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
---|---|---|
Section 12 | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
Section 13 | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
Section 14 | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
Section 15 | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
Section 16 | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
Section 17 | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
Section 18 | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
Section 20 | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
Section 21 | 25.11.2009 | 2009/3084 |
Section 23 | 04.09.2009 | 2009/2395 |
Section 24 | 04.09.2009 | 2009/2395 |
Section 39 (partially) | 04.09.2009 | 2009/2395 |
Section 39 (partially) | 25.11.2009 | 2009/3084 |
Section 39 (partially) | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
Schedule 6 (partially) | 04.09.2009 | 2009/2395 |
Schedule 6 (partially) | 25.11.2009 | 2009/3084 |
Schedule 6 (partially) | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
Schedule 7 (partially) | 04.09.2009 | 2009/2395 |
Schedule 7 (partially) | 25.11.2009 | 2009/3084 |
Schedule 7 (partially) | 01.01.2010 | 2009/3084 |
1983 c.2; section 63 was substituted by the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c.50), Schedule 4, paragraph 19.
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