Commencement Dates
295.By virtue of section 43(5), the following provisions will enter into force on Royal Assent:
	Section 1(1) and (3) (compliance with controls imposed by the 2000 Act etc);
	Section 4, 5 and 7, paragraphs 9, 10, 11 and 27 of Schedule 6 and the entry in Schedule 7 relating to Schedule 1 of the 2000 Act (provisions relating to Electoral Commissioners and Electoral Commission staff);
	Section 19 and Schedule 5 (Reports of gifts received by unincorporated associations making donations);
	Section 22 (election expenses: guidance by Commission);
	Section 26 (filling vacant European Parliament seats in Northern Ireland);
	Section 32(6) (Report of Electoral Commission on provision of identifying information);
	Section 37 (interpretation);
	Section 39 (amendments and repeals) and various provisions in Schedules 6 (minor and consequential amendments) and 7 (repeals) so far as relating to the above sections; and
	Sections 38 and 40 to 44 (various general and supplemental provisions).
296.All other sections will come into force on a date to be appointed by the Secretary of State, by an order made by statutory instrument.