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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2006 No. 2972

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Encouraging Electoral Participation (Reimbursement of Expenses) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006

  Made 10th November 2006 
  Laid before Parliament 16th November 2006 
  Coming into force 1st April 2007 

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 69(5) and (6) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006[1]:

     1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Encouraging Electoral Participation (Reimbursement of Expenses) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006 and come into force on 1st April 2007.

    (2) In these Regulations, "year" means a period of 12 months ending on 31st March.

     2. The total amount that may be paid to local electoral officers in England and Wales in pursuance of section 69(4) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 in the year ending on 31st March 2008 and each successive year is £2,500,000.



Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State


Bridget Prentice
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Constitutional Affairs

10th November 2006


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations determine the amount that may be paid each year to local electoral officers in England and Wales to reimburse them for expenditure incurred in promoting electoral participation under section 69 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22).

Notes:

 [1] 2006 c. 22.back


ISBN 0 11 075311 9


 © Crown copyright 2006

Prepared 20 November 2006

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