Electoral Administration Act 2006

Part 9General

74Miscellaneous amendments and repeals

(1)Part 7 of Schedule 1 contains miscellaneous amendments.

(2)Schedule 2 contains repeals.

75Financial provision

(1)There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a)any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in consequence of this Act, and

(b)any increase attributable to this Act in the sums which under any other Act are payable out of money so provided.

(2)There shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund any increase attributable to this Act in the sums which under any other Act are payable out of that Fund.

76Interpretation

(1)“The 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2).

(2)“The 2000 Act” means the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41).

77Commencement

(1)The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

(a)section 1 (except subsections (2) and (5));

(b)section 2 (except subsections (2), (4) to (9) and (12));

(c)section 3;

(d)section 4;

(e)section 5 (except subsection (10));

(f)section 6;

(g)section 8;

(h)section 75;

(i)section 76;

(j)this section;

(k)section 78;

(l)section 79.

(2)Otherwise, this Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

(3)Different days may be appointed for different purposes.

(4)An order under subsection (2) may make—94

(a)any supplementary, incidental or consequential provision, and

(b)any transitory, transitional or saving provision,

as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient in connection with the order.

78Extent

(1)Subject to subsections (2) to (5), the extent of any amendment or repeal made by this Act is the same as that of the enactment amended or repealed.

(2)The following provisions do not extend to Northern Ireland—

(a)sections 9, 10 and 11;

(b)section 67;

(c)section 70;

(d)Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 1.

(3)Section 70 does not extend to Scotland.

(4)A repeal of an enactment by Schedule 2 which corresponds to a repeal of that enactment by any other provision of this Act has the same extent as that other provision.

(5)The repeal in Schedule 2 relating to paragraph 86 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50) does not extend to Northern Ireland.

79Short title

This Act may be cited as the Electoral Administration Act 2006.