3 Appointment of Electoral Commissioners and Commission chairman
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (2000 c 41) | Legislation

3  Appointment of Electoral Commissioners and Commission chairman

(1)     The powers of Her Majesty under section 1(4) and (5) shall be exercisable on an Address from the House of Commons.

[(2)     A motion for such an Address may be made only if—

(a)     the Speaker of the House of Commons agrees that the motion may be made;

(b)     the motion has been the subject of consultation with the registered leader of each registered party to which two or more Members of the House of Commons then belong; and

(c)     each person whose appointment is proposed in the motion has been selected in accordance with a procedure put in place and overseen by the Speaker's Committee.]

(3)     Such

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