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Political Parties and Elections Bill

My Lords, Amendments 5 and 6 are minor technical amendments which make sure that the transitional provision in Clause 38 works for offences created both in the Bill itself and by amendments made by the Bill to other Acts, in particular PPERA. The effect is to ensure that any offence committed before Section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 came into force—which increased the maximum term of imprisonment that could be handed down by magistrates’ courts from six months to 12 months—should remain subject to the six months’ maximum. I beg to move.