Representation of the People Act 1983

[F1 75ZB Return of permitted expenditure: compliance and sanctions U.K.

(1) A person must comply with a request under section 75ZA(1) within the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which the request is received.

(2) A return of permitted expenditure must be accompanied by a declaration made by the person (or in the case of an association or body of persons, by a director, general manager, secretary or other similar officer of the association or body)—

(a) verifying the return, and

(b) in the case of a return of the kind mentioned in section 75ZA(3)(a), giving particulars of the matters for which the expenses were incurred.

(3) A person who fails to deliver a return or declaration in accordance with this section is guilty of an illegal practice.

(4) A person who knowingly makes a false declaration under subsection (2) is guilty of a corrupt practice.

(5) The court before whom a person is convicted under subsection (3) or (4) may, if they think it just in the special circumstances of the case, mitigate or entirely remit any incapacity imposed by virtue of section 173.

(6) Where any act or omission of an association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, is an offence declared to be a corrupt or illegal practice by this section, any person who at the time of the act or omission was a director, general manager, secretary or other similar officer of the association or body, or was purporting to act in any such capacity, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence, unless he proves—

(a) that the act or omission took place without his consent or connivance, and

(b) that he exercised all such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all the circumstances.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 75ZA, 75ZB inserted (1.7.2014) by Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 (c. 4), ss. 36(2), 45(1)(b)(iv); S.I. 2014/1236, art. 2(2)(a) (with art. 3)