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(1)Section 347A(4) does not extend to a subscription paid to an EU trade association for membership of the association, and accordingly such a payment is not a donation to the association for the purposes of this Part.
(2)In subsection (1)—
“EU trade association” means any organisation formed for the purpose of furthering the trade interests—
of its members, or
of persons represented by its members,
which carries on its activities wholly or mainly in one or more of the member States;
“subscription”, in relation to a trade association, does not include any payment to the association to the extent that it is made for the purpose of financing any particular activity of the association.
(3)Section 347A(7) does not apply to any all-party parliamentary group composed of members of one or both of the Houses of Parliament (or of such members and other persons), and accordingly any such group is not an EU political organisation for the purposes of this Part.
(4)For the purposes of this Part—
(a)a company does not need to be authorised as mentioned in section 347C(1) or section 347D(2) or (3), and
(b)a subsidiary undertaking does not need to be authorised as mentioned in section 347E(2),
in connection with any donation or donations to any EU political organisation or organisations made in a particular qualifying period, except to the extent (if any) that the amount or aggregate amount of any such donation or donations made in that period exceeds £5,000.
(5)The restrictions imposed by sections 347C(1), 347D(2) and (3) and 347E(2) accordingly have effect subject to subsection (4); and, where a resolution is passed for the purposes of any of those provisions, any amount of donations in relation to which, by virtue of subsection (4), no authorisation is needed shall accordingly not count towards the sum specified in the resolution.
(6)In subsection (4) “qualifying period” means—
(a)the period of 12 months beginning with the relevant date for the company or (in the case of a subsidiary undertaking) the parent company; and
(b)each succeeding period of twelve months.
(7)For the purposes of subsection (6) the relevant date for a company is—
(a)if an annual general meeting of the company is held within the period of 12 months beginning with the date of the coming into force of this section, the date of that meeting; and
(b)otherwise, the date immediately following the end of that period.
(8)For the purposes of this Part—
(a)a company does not need to be authorised as mentioned in section 347C(1) or section 347D(2) or (3), and
(b)a subsidiary undertaking does not need to be authorised as mentioned in section 347E(2),
in connection with any EU political expenditure in relation to which an exemption is conferred on the company or (as the case may be) subsidiary undertaking by virtue of an order made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument.
(9)The restrictions imposed by sections 347C(1), 347D(2) and (3) and 347E(2) accordingly have effect subject to subsection (8); and, where a resolution is passed for the purposes of any of those provisions, any amount of EU political expenditure in relation to which, by virtue of subsection (8), no authorisation is needed shall accordingly not count towards the sum specified in the resolution.
(10)An order under subsection (8) may confer an exemption for the purposes of that subsection in relation to—
(a)companies or subsidiary undertakings of any description or category specified in the order, or
(b)expenditure of any description or category so specified (whether framed by reference to goods, services or other matters in respect of which such expenditure is incurred or otherwise),
or both.
(11)An order shall not be made under subsection (8) unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before and approved by each House of Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. XA (ss. 347A-347K) inserted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 41, s. 139, Sch. 19 (with s. 156(6), Sch. 3 para. 12); S.I. 2001/222, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 Pt. II)
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