Legislation – Deregulation Act 2015
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94Electoral Commission: changes to facilitate efficient administration
(1)
Schedule 1 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (the Electoral Commission) is amended as follows.
(2)
Paragraph 15 (five-year plan) is amended as set out in subsections (3) and (4).
(3)
In sub-paragraph (1), after “paragraph 14” insert “
.
in respect of the first financial year to begin after the day on which Parliament meets for the first time following a parliamentary general election,
”
(4)
“(1A)
The Speaker’s Committee may require the Commission to submit a plan under sub-paragraph (1) when the Commission submit such an estimate as is mentioned in paragraph 14 in respect of a financial year other than one mentioned in that sub-paragraph.”
(5)
In paragraph 16 (annual examination of Commission by Comptroller and Auditor General), in sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)
after “paragraphs 14 and 15” insert “
;
in respect of any year when both an estimate under paragraph 14 and a five-year plan under paragraph 15 are submitted to them,
”
(b)
for “in each year” substitute “
.
before the Committee consider the estimate and plan
”
(6)
In the cross-heading preceding paragraph 16, for “Annual examination” substitute “
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Examination
”