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Provisions coming into force on 24th November 2022

2.  The following provisions of the Act come into force on 24th November 2022—

(a)section 9(1) and (2) (assistance with voting for persons with disabilities), so far as it relates to the making of guidance to be given by the Electoral Commission to returning officers under rule 29(8);

(b)section 12 (local elections and Assembly elections in Northern Ireland), so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 6 brought into force by sub-paragraph (d);

(c)Part 4 (regulation of expenditure);

(d)the following paragraphs of Schedule 6 (local elections in Northern Ireland and elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly)—

(i)paragraphs 1 and 6, so far as they relate to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraph (ii);

(ii)in paragraph 12, sub-paragraph (1), so far as it relates to sub-paragraph (4), and sub-paragraph (4), so far as it relates to the making of guidance to be given by the Electoral Commission to returning officers.