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(1) Section 170 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (security at party conferences) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsections (1) and (3) for "qualifying political party" substitute in each place "qualifying registered political party".
(3) After subsection (4) add -
"(5) In this section "registered political party" means a party registered under the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998."