Expiry and savings provisionI12
1
Regulations 3 to 5, except for regulations 3(1) and (2)(a) to (c) and 4(1) and (2)(a) to (c), expire at the end of 28th February 2022.
2
Despite paragraph (1), those regulations continue to have effect after that date in relation to an application made in respect of a relevant election or referendum where—
a
the notice of the election or referendum is published before 1st March 2022, and
b
the poll for that election or referendum takes place on or after that date.
3
In this regulation, “relevant election or referendum” means—
a
a parliamentary election;
b
an election of a police and crime commissioner under Chapter 6 of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 20117;
c
a local government election (within the meaning of section 203(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983)8;
d
any other election or referendum to which Part 4 of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 20019 is applied (with or without modifications) by another enactment.