Part I The Electoral Commission
Commission’s general functions
I113 Education about electoral and democratic systems.
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The Commission shall promote public awareness of—
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current electoral systems in the United Kingdom and any pending such systems, together with such matters connected with any such existing or pending systems as the Commission may determine;
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Subsection (1) applies to the promotion of public awareness in Gibraltar with the following modifications—
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in paragraph (a), for “in the United Kingdom” there is substituted for elections to the European Parliament in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar; F4...
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For the purposes of subsection (1) any system such as is mentioned in paragraph (a) F5... of that subsection is pending at a time when arrangements for giving effect to it have been made by any enactment but the arrangements are not yet in force.
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The Commission shall perform their functions under subsection (1) in such manner as they think fit but may, in particular, do so by—
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carrying out programmes of education or information to promote public awareness of any of the matters mentioned in subsection (1); or
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making grants to other persons or bodies for the purpose of enabling them to carry out such programmes.
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Any grant under subsection (4)(b) may be made subject to such conditions as the Commission consider appropriate.
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The total expenditure incurred in any financial year by the Commission in performing their functions under subsection (1) (whether by making grants or otherwise) shall not exceed such sum as is for the time being specified for the purposes of this subsection by an order made by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury.
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Subsection (6) shall not apply to the expenditure incurred by the Commission to the extent that it is, or is to be, met under F11paragraph 16A of Schedule 1 to this Act or paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.