Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000

1(1)In this Schedule—

(a)“an ordinary general election to the Scottish Parliament” means an election held under section 2 of the M1Scotland Act 1998;

(b)“an extraordinary general election to the Scottish Parliament” means an election held under section 3 of the M2Scotland Act 1998;

(c)“an ordinary election to the Welsh Assembly” means an election held under section 3 of the M3Government of Wales Act 1998;

(d)“an ordinary general election to the Northern Ireland Assembly” means an election held under section 31 of the M4Northern Ireland Act 1998; and

(e)“an extraordinary general election to the Northern Ireland Assembly” means an election held under section 32 of the M5Northern Ireland Act 1998.

(2)For the purposes of this Schedule a parliamentary general election is pending during the period—

(a)beginning with the date on which Her Majesty’s intention to dissolve Parliament is announced in connection with a forthcoming parliamentary general election, and

(b)ending with the date of the poll for that election.

[F1(3)Paragraphs 3 and 5 to 11 do not apply in relation to a recognised Gibraltar third party.]