Offences made under the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009

5 statutory instruments made under this Act create 47 criminal offences between them.

These are offences created by secondary legislation made under the Act — not the offences in the Act itself. An Act that creates a power to make regulations, and regulations that then create offences, is the ordinary route by which most of the criminal law is made, and it is the route this report follows.

Instruments made under it

• The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 2023 · 25 offences
• The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 2023 · 9 offences
• The Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections, Recall Petitions and Referendums (Ballot Secrecy, Candidates… 2023 · 5 offences
• The Voter Identification Regulations 2022 2022 · 5 offences
• The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 2017 · 3 offences