The Registration of Political Parties (Fees) Order 1998

Made: 21st November 1998

Laid before Parliament: 23rd November 1998

Coming into force:

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 6(7) and 7(3)(c) of, and paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998¹, hereby makes the following Order:

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Registration of Political Parties (Fees) Order 1998.

• (2) This article and article 2 shall come into force on 3rd December 1998 and articles 3 and 4 shall come into force on 14th January 1999.

• (3) In this Order “the Act” means the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998.

2

The fee for an application by a party under section 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Act for inclusion in the register of political parties is £150.

3

The fee for an application by a party under section 6 of the Act to alter its entry in the register is £25.

4

The fee for a notice under section 7 of the Act by the registered leader of a party notifying the registrar that the party is to remain registered is £25.

Signed

George Howarth — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — 21st November 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies fees in connection with the registration of political parties.

Footnotes