(1)This Act may be cited as the Election Publications Act 2001.
(2)In this Act—
“the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2);
“the 2000 Act” means the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41).
(3)Where any act or omission occurring during the continuation period would, if section 1(1) and (2) above had not been enacted, have been lawful by reason of—
(a)the act being done in compliance with, or
(b)the omission being made in reliance on,
any provisions of the new section 110 (the “relevant provisions” of that section), it shall be deemed to be lawful despite section 1(1) and (2).
(4)In subsection (3)—
“the continuation period” means the period beginning with the commencement date (within the meaning of section 1) and ending immediately before the day on which the relevant provisions of the new section 110 come into force by virtue of an order under section 2(1);
“the new section 110” means the section 110 of the 1983 Act contained in paragraph 14 of Schedule 18 to the 2000 Act.
(5)This Act extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.
(6)However, so far as it relates in any way to section 110 of the 1983 Act, this Act does not have effect in relation to local government elections in Scotland (within the meaning of that Act).