Clause 7 - Time limit for prosecution of offences
European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill
4:45 pm
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome, Liberal Democrat)
I feel a small element of disquiet about the wording of subsection (1), which states:
''This section applies for the purposes of any election held in accordance with provision made by order under section 2''.
That is not so. It actually applies for the purposes of prosecution of offences under section 6, which may happen in the context of an election held in accordance with a provision made by order under section 2. It is a pedantic point, but I would like the Minister to reflect upon it. I am not entirely sure that the clause is correctly worded. I do not necessarily expect him to give me a comprehensive answer now.