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Statutory Instruments
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
DEVOLUTION, WALES
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
Made
31st January 2007
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)
41. Control of donations to constituency and individual candidates
43. Constituency and individual candidates: payment of expenses by or through election agent
44. Expenses which may be paid otherwise than by election agent
46. Constituency and individual candidates: prohibition of expenses not authorised by election agent etc
47. Constituency and individual candidates: limitation of election expenses
52. Constituency and individual candidates: return as to election expenses
53. Constituency and individual candidates: declaration as to election expenses
54. Party list candidates: declarations as to election expenses
55. Circumstances in which no return or declaration is required
57. Penalty for sitting or voting where no return and declarations are delivered etc
58. Authorised excuses for failures as to return and declarations
59. Court’s power to require information from election agent or sub-agent
60. Duty of appropriate returning officer to forward returns and declarations to the Commission
61. Publication of time and place of inspection of returns and declarations
62. Constituency and individual candidates: inspection of returns and declarations
64. Property, goods, services etc. provided free of charge or at a discount
88. Time for presentation or amendment of Assembly election petition
100. Election court determination in respect of a constituency election etc
101. Regional election determined to be void by election court
108. Report as to candidate guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice
109. Candidate reported guilty of corrupt or illegal practice
110. Persons reported personally guilty of corrupt or illegal practices
111. Persons reported personally guilty of corrupt or illegal practices at parliamentary elections or local government elections
112. Persons reported personally guilty of corrupt or illegal practices at European parliamentary elections
118. Votes to be struck off for corrupt or illegal practices
122. Conviction of illegal practice on charge of corrupt practice etc
123. Incapacities on conviction of corrupt or illegal practice
124. Incapacities on conviction of corrupt or illegal practice at parliamentary or local government elections
125. Incapacities on conviction of corrupt or illegal practice at European parliamentary elections
129. Prosecution of offences committed outside the United Kingdom
131. Evidence by certificate of holding of Assembly elections
This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 of the Government of Wales Act 1998(1).
In accordance with section 7(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000(2) the Secretary of State for Wales has taken into account the views of the Electoral Commission, and in accordance with section 8(2) and (3)(b) of that Act of 2000, he has acted on the recommendation of the Commission in limiting the expenses of candidates under section 11(2)(c) of the 1998 Act.
In accordance with section 154(2) and (3)(a) of the 1998 Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament, accordingly the Secretary of State for Wales makes the following Order:
1998 c. 38. By virtue of Schedule 12 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), as read with section 161 (1) of that Act, section 11 will be repealed immediately after the Assembly “general “ election in May 2007 . That election is held under Part 1 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38 ),but is an election of members to the National Assembly for Wales constituted by the Act of 2006: see paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 to the Act of 2006 . Subsequent elections to that Assembly will be conducted in accordance with orders made under section 13 of the Act of 2006. However, by virtue of paragraph 8 of Schedule 11 to that Act of 2006 , any order made under section 11 of the Act of 1998 that is in force on the repeal of section 11 will thereafter have effect as if made under section 13 of the Act of 2006 ). See section 161(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) as to the prospective repeal of section 11 and paragraph 8 of Schedule 11 to that Act of 2006 as to the transitional provision in respect of any order under section 11 that is in force on the repeal of section 11. Back [1]
The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007