Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill

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Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill

Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill

EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, are
published separately as Bill 3–EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Mr Secretary Prescott has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the
Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill are
compatible with the Convention rights.

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Contents
Part 1
Referendums
Referendums
      1         Referendums
      2         Referendum question
      3         Entitlement to vote
      4         Referendum period
      5         Referendums: frequency
Combination of polls
      6         Combination of polls
Electoral Commission
      7         Encouraging voting
      8         Provision of information to voters
      9         Expenditure
Legal proceedings
      10         Exclusion of legal proceedings
Supplementary
      11         Supplementary
Part 2
Local government reviews
Reviews
      12         Local government review
      13         Local government review: supplementary

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      14         Review procedure
Implementation
      15         Implementation of recommendations
      16         Application of 1992 Act
Electoral Commission
      17         Payments to Electoral Commission
Isles of Scilly
      18         Isles of Scilly
Part 3
Advice of Electoral Commission
      19         Advice of the Electoral Commission
      20         Preparation and submission of advice
      21         Electoral Commission exercise of functions
      22         Payments to Electoral Commission
Part 4
Funding for regional chambers
      23         Funding for regional chambers
Part 5
General
      24         Enactment establishing assemblies immaterial
      25         Commencement
      26         Regions
      27         Orders and regulations
      28         Expenditure
      29         Short title
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