SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 The Electoral Commission

Regulation-making instruments

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1

Any power conferred on the Commission to make regulations is exercisable in writing.

2

An instrument by which regulations are made by the Commission (“a regulation-making instrument”) must specify the provision under which the regulations are made.

3

To the extent to which a regulation-making instrument does not comply with sub-paragraph (2), it is void.

4

Immediately after a regulation-making instrument is made, it must be printed and made available to the public.

5

The Commission may charge a reasonable fee for providing a person with a copy of a regulation-making instrument.

6

A person is not to be taken to have contravened any regulation made by the Commission if he shows that at the time of the alleged contravention the regulation-making instrument concerned had not been made available in accordance with this paragraph.

7

Any power of the Commission to make regulations includes power to make different provision for different cases.