
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Electoral Commission (Limit on Public Awareness Expenditure) Order 2014 and comes into force on 1st April 2014.
(2) This Order extends to the United Kingdom and Gibraltar.
2 
The sum specified for the purposes of section 13(6) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (maximum sum which the Electoral Commission may incur in any financial year in performing their functions under section 13(1) of that Act)—
(a) in the financial year ending with 31st March 2015, is £9,500,000, and
(b) in any subsequent financial year, is £7,500,000.
3 
The Electoral Commission (Limit on Public Awareness Expenditure) Order 2002 is revoked.
Signed by authority of the Lord President of the Council
Greg Clark
Minister of State
Cabinet Office
26th February 2014We consent
Sam Gyimah
Anne Milton
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
27th February 2014