Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2010.

Commencement

2. The following provisions of the 2010 Act come into force on 19th April 2010—

(a) section 26 (Compliance Officer);

(b) section 38 (consequential amendments) in so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (d);

(c) Schedule 3 (Parliamentary Standards Act 2009: substituted Schedule 2); and

(d) in Schedule 5 (Parliamentary standards: consequential amendments)—

(i) paragraph 1;

(ii) paragraph 2(b);

(iii) paragraph 4(1) and (2)(a);

(iv) paragraph 5(1) and (3); and

(v) paragraph 7(1), and paragraph 7(4)(d) to the extent that it inserts paragraph 18(2)(e) of Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009( 2 ).

3. The following provisions of the 2010 Act come into force on 7th May 2010—

(a) section 27 (membership of Speaker’s Committee);

(b) subsections (1) to (3) of section 28 (transparency etc. );

(c) section 30 (MPs’ allowances scheme);

(d) subsection (6) of section 31 (allowances claims);

(e) section 32 (MPs’ code of conduct relating to financial interests);

(f) section 36 (further functions of the IPSA and Commissioner);

(g) section 37 (expiry of provisions of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009);

(h) section 38 (consequential amendments) in so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (i); and

(i) in Schedule 5 (Parliamentary standards: consequential amendments)—

(i) paragraph 2(a);

(ii) paragraph 3;

(iii) paragraph 4(2)(b);

(iv) paragraph 5(2);

(v) paragraph 6; and

(vi) paragraph 7(2), (3)(c) and (4)(c).