Reform history

- (1) An early parliamentary general election is to take place on 12 December 2019 in consequence of the passing of this Act.

- (2) That day is to be treated as a polling day appointed under section 2(7) of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.

- (3) This early parliamentary general election is to be treated as taking place in accordance with section 2 of that Act for the purposes of—

- (a) section 96A(9) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (benefit cap: review), and

- (b) section 23(8) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (duty on Secretary of State to publish reports on economic impact on business activities of regulatory provisions).

- (4) For the purposes of regulation 29(4) of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001 ([S.I. 2001/497](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/497)) (which sets out a period for objecting to applications for registration), regulation 8(3) of those Regulations applies as if 2 December 2019 were not a bank holiday.

- (1) This Act comes into force on the day it is passed.

- (2) This Act may be cited as the Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019.