2017 No. 109
The Elections (Policy Development Grants Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2017
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Minister for the Cabinet Office, in exercise of the power conferred by section 12(6) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 20001, makes the following Order, which gives effect to the recommendations submitted to him by the Electoral Commission for variations to the scheme for the making by the Commission of policy development grants.
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Elections (Policy Development Grants Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2017 and comes into force on 6th March 2017.
2
In this Order, “the Scheme” means the policy development grants scheme set out in the Schedule to the Elections (Policy Development Grants Scheme) Order 20062.
Amendments to the policy development grants scheme2
The amendments to the Scheme set out in the Schedule have effect for the purpose of the making by the Electoral Commission of policy development grants on or after 1st April 2017.
SCHEDULEAmendment to the Scheme
1
The Scheme is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph 1(2) (citation and commencement)—
a
at the appropriate places insert—
“electoral register” means a register of parliamentary electors maintained in accordance with section 9(1)(a) of the Representation of the People Act 19833;
“relevant register” means the version of an electoral register published (in accordance with section 13 of the Representation of the People Act 19834) most recently before 1st February preceding the beginning of the year in question;
b
for the definition of “UK electorate” substitute—
“UK electorate”, in relation to the year ending on 31st March 2018 and any later year, means such number published by the Commission not later than 7th March preceding the beginning of the year in question as is calculated by the Commission to be equal to the total number of persons whose names appeared on a relevant register in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales;
3
In paragraph 5 (allocation between eligible parties), for “shall” substitute “is to”.
4
In paragraph 6 (initial attributions)—
a
in sub-paragraph (1), for “shall” substitute “is to”;
b
for sub-paragraph (2), substitute—
2
In sub-paragraph (1), “the relevant number”, in relation to the year ending on 31st March 2018 and any later year, means—
a
for England, such number published by the Commission not later than 7th March preceding the beginning of the year in question as is calculated by the Commission to be equal to the total number of persons whose names appeared on a relevant register in England;
b
for Northern Ireland, such number published by the Commission not later than 7th March preceding the beginning of the year in question as is calculated by the Commission to be equal to the total number of persons whose names appeared on a relevant register in Northern Ireland;
c
for Scotland, such number published by the Commission not later than 7th March preceding the beginning of the year in question as is calculated by the Commission to be equal to the total number of persons whose names appeared on a relevant register in Scotland;
d
for Wales, such number published by the Commission not later than 7th March preceding the beginning of the year in question as is calculated by the Commission to be equal to the total number of persons whose names appeared on a relevant register in Wales.
(This note is not part of the Order)