The Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2010

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2010/2409
Year2010

2010 No. 2409 (C. 117)

Representation Of The People

The Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2010

Made 30th September 2010

The Lord President of the Council, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 43(1) of the Political Parties and Elections Act 20091, makes the following Order:

S-1 Citation

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2010.

S-2 Appointed date

Appointed date

2. Section 6 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (number of Electoral Commissioners) comes into force on 1st October 2010.

Mark Harper

Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform)

Cabinet Office

30th September 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st October 2010 section 6 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c.12). Section 6 amends section 1(3) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41)by increasing the number of Electoral Commissioners to nine or ten from a minimum number of five and a maximum number of nine.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(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.

Sections 12 to 18

01.01.2010

2009/3084

Section 20

01.01.2010

2009/3084

Section 21

25.11.2009

2009/3084

Sections 23 and 24

04.09.2009

2009/2395

Section 25

26.03.2010

2010/969

Section 39 (partially)

04.09.2009

2009/2395

Section 39 (partially)

25.11.2009

2009/3084

Section 39 (partially)

01.01.2010

2009/3084

Section 39 (partially)

26.03.2010

2010/969

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

Schedule 7 (partially)

26.03.2010

2010/969


(1) 2009 c. 12; the powers conferred by section 43(1) on the Secretary of State were made exercisable concurrently by the Lord President of the Council and the Secretary of State by the Lord President of the Council Order 2010, S.I. 2010/1837.

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