Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 1329

The Electoral Commission (Limit on Public Awareness Expenditure) Order 2001

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2001 No. 1329

ELECTORAL COMMISSION

The Electoral Commission (Limit on Public Awareness Expenditure) Order 2001

	Made	22nd March 2001
	Laid before Parliament	9th April 2001
	Coming into force	1st July 2001

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 13(6) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000[1], hereby makes the following Order with the consent of the Treasury:

    1.This Order may be cited as the Electoral Commission (Limit on Public Awareness Expenditure) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st July 2001.

    2.The sum of £1,500,000 is hereby specified for the purposes of section 13(6) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (power to specify a sum which the Electoral Commission must not exceed in their total expenditure incurred in any financial year in performing their functions under section 13(1) of that Act).


Mike O'Brien
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office
16th March 2001



We consent to this Order


Jim Dowd

Clive Betts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

22nd March 2001

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under section 13(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, the Electoral Commission are required to promote public awareness of the matters specified in that provision (which include current electoral systems and systems of local government). This Order exercises the power in section 13(6) of that Act to set a limit on the total expenditure in any financial year in respect of such functions.

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Notes:

[1] 2000 c. 41.back

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ISBN 0 11 029233 2

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