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ScheduleTables of appointed days

Part 3Provisions coming into force on 1 October 2025

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(Provisions of the Act)(Subject matter)
Section 27Power of Presiding Officer to postpone ordinary election
Section 28Power of Presiding Officer to schedule extraordinary general elections
Section 29Election of new Presiding Officer: extension of period
Section 30Choice of new First Minister after changed election date
Section 32Power of convenor of Electoral Management Board to postpone ordinary local election
Section 33Power of returning officer to postpone election for their area
Sections 36, 37 and 38Home addresses of candidates and agents
Section 46Access to Elected Office Fund
Section 47Application of this Part
Section 48Key definitions
Section 49Further definitions relating to candidates, parties and elections
Section 50Electronic material: conditions for application of section 52
Section 51Purpose of the electronic material
Section 52Requirement to include information
Section 53Exceptions to requirement in section 52
Section 54Offence of breaching section 52
Section 55Individual culpability where organisation commits an offence
Section 56Enforcement by the Electoral Commission
Section 57Supply of information
Section 59Electoral Commission’s annual report