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Transitional provisions |
| First transitional stage. |
16. - (1) The registrar shall not make any entry in the register before the end of the period of six weeks beginning with the day on which this section comes into force.
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(2) As soon as possible after the end of that period, the registrar shall determine all first stage applications for registration.
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(3) Paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 shall not apply to a first stage application.
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(4) An application is a "first stage application" if it is made-
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(a) before the end of the period of four weeks beginning with the day on which this section comes into force, and |
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(b) by a party to which at least one Member of the House of Commons belongs at the time when the application is made. |
| Second transitional stage. |
17. - (1) The registrar shall not make any entry in the register, except in pursuance of a first stage application, until the end of the period of twelve weeks beginning with the day on which this section comes into force.
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(2) As soon as possible after the end of that period the registrar shall determine all second stage applications for registration.
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(3) An application is a "second stage application" if it is made before the end of the period of ten weeks beginning with the day on which this section comes into force (and is not a first stage application).
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(4) The registrar shall not make any entry in the register except in pursuance of a first or second stage application, until he has determined all first and second stage applications.
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| Transitional ground for refusal to register. |
18. - (1) The registrar shall refuse a first or second stage application by a party if-
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(a) it proposes a registered name which in his opinion would be likely to result in the party's being confused by voters with another party, and |
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(b) the other party is registered or has submitted a first or second stage application which, having considered the history of the two parties, he intends to grant. |
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(2) The registrar shall refuse a request made in a party's first or second stage application for the registration of an emblem if in his opinion it would be likely to be confused by voters with-
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(a) a registered emblem, or |
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(b) an emblem which it would be appropriate to allow another party to register. |
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Miscellaneous and general |
| False statements: offence. |
19. - (1) It is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a statement to the registrar which-
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(a) is made, or purports to be made, on behalf of a party for any purpose of this Act, and |
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(b) is false in any material particular. |
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(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
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