These Regulations are the first set of commencement regulations made under the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37). Regulation 2 brings into force sections 16 to 19 of that Act, which form Part 3 of that Act and which relate to the Electoral Commission. Regulation 3 makes saving provision to ensure that the amendment made by section 17(2) of that Act, which inserts protection for a person giving evidence as a witness before the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, does not apply where the evidence was given before that section comes into force.