45CommencementU.K.
(1)The following provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Minister may appoint by order made by statutory instrument—
(a)Part 1, except as mentioned in subsection (3)(a);
(b)in Part 2—
(i)section 26(11) and (12) (definition of “election material”);
(ii)section 31 (extension of power to vary specified sums);
(iii)section 32 (recognised third parties);
(iv)section 36 (third party expenditure in respect of candidates);
(v)section 37 (candidate's personal expenses not to count for local election expenses limit in England and Wales);
(vi)section 38 (functions of Electoral Commission with respect to compliance);
(c)Part 3, except as mentioned in subsection (3)(c).
(2)An order under subsection (1)—
(a)may appoint different days for different purposes, and
(b)may make transitional, transitory or saving provision.
(3)The following provisions of this Act come into force on the day on which the Act is passed—
(a)any provision of Part 1 which confers power to make regulations, for the purposes of the exercise of that power;
(b)the provisions of Part 2 not mentioned in subsection (1)(b);
(c)section 41, for the purposes of the exercise of the power to make subordinate legislation conferred by section 24ZB(3) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (which is inserted by that section);
(d)Part 4.
(4)Section 46 contains transitional provision relating to the commencement of the provisions to which subsection (3)(b) applies.
(5)“The Minister” means—
(a)for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) and (b), the Secretary of State or the Lord President of the Council;
(b)for the purposes of subsection (1)(c), the Secretary of State.