Citation and commencement

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Elections (Policy Development Grants Scheme) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015.

(2) This Order comes into force as follows—

(a) this article and article 2 come into force on 1st March 2015; and

(b) the remaining provisions come into force on 2nd March 2015.

Revocation

2.The Elections (Policy Development Grants Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2015( 2 ) is revoked.

Amendments to the scheme

3. The amendments to the Policy Development Grants Scheme 2006( 3 ) set out in the Schedule shall have effect for the purpose of the making by the Commission of policy development grants on or after 1st April 2015.

Article 3

SCHEDULE Amendments to the Policy Development Grants Scheme

1. The Schedule to the Elections (Policy Development Grants Scheme) Order 2006 is amended as follows.

2. In paragraph 1(2) (citation and commencement), after paragraph (a) insert—

“ (aa) in respect of the year ending on 31st March 2016, means such number published by the Commission not later than 7th March 2015 as is calculated by the Commission to be equal to the total number of persons whose names appeared on an electoral register—

(i) in England, Northern Ireland or Wales on 1st December 2014; or

(ii) in Scotland on 2nd March 2015. ”

3. In paragraph 3(2) (eligible parties)—

(a) in paragraph (f), omit “and”;

(b) at the end of paragraph (g), insert “, and”;

(c) after paragraph (g), insert—

“ (h) the UK Independence Party ” .

4. In paragraph 5(a) (allocation between eligible parties), for “the Conservative party, the Labour party, and the Liberal Democrat party” substitute “the Conservative party, the Labour party, the Liberal Democrat party, and the UK Independence Party”.

5. In paragraph 6(2) (initial attributions), after paragraph (a) insert—

“ (aa) in relation to the year ending on 31st March 2016, means—

(i) for England, such number published by the Commission not later than 7th March 2015 as is calculated by the Commission to be equal to the total number of persons whose names appeared on an electoral register in England on 1st December 2014;

(ii) for Northern Ireland, such number published by the Commission not later than 7th March 2015 as is calculated by the Commission to be equal to the total number of persons whose names appeared on an electoral register in Northern Ireland on 1st December 2014;

(iii) for Scotland, such number published by the Commission not later than 7th March 2015 as is calculated by the Commission to be equal to the total number of persons whose names appeared on an electoral register in Scotland on 2nd March 2015;

(iv) for Wales, such number published by the Commission not later than 7th March 2015 as is calculated by the Commission to be equal to the total number of persons whose names appeared on an electoral register in Wales on 1st December 2014. ”

6. In paragraph 8—

(a) in the heading, for “Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat” substitute “Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and UK Independence Party”;

(b) in paragraph (a), for “the Conservative party, the Labour party, and the Liberal Democrat party” substitute “the Conservative party, the Labour party, the Liberal Democrat party, and the UK Independence Party”;

(c) in paragraph (b), for “three” substitute “four”.