Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000

[F1 Statement relating to reportable donations accepted during reporting period U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 11A inserted (30.1.2014) by Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 (c. 4), s. 45(3)(b), Sch. 4 (with s. 46(1)(2))

3 (1) The statement required by paragraph 2(1)(a) to be contained in a quarterly report is a statement recording— U.K.

(a) the appropriate details in relation to each reportable donation accepted by the recognised third party during the reporting period which is of a substantial value in the context of that period,

(b) the total value of all other reportable donations which are accepted by the recognised third party during the reporting period, and

(c) such other information as may be required by regulations made by the Commission.

(2) In relation to a reportable donation of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a), the “appropriate details” means—

(a) the information about the donor which is, in connection with recordable donations to registered parties, required to be recorded in donation reports by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 6,

(b) where the donation is of money, the amount of the donation,

(c) where the donation is not of money, the nature of the donation and its value,

(d) the date the donation was accepted by the recognised third party, and

(e) such other information as may be required by regulations made by the Commission.

4 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(a), a reportable donation is of a substantial value in the context of a reporting period (“the reporting period”) if— U.K.

(a) in a case where there are no reportable donations made by the donor which have been recordable in any previous relevant quarterly report, condition A is met;

(b) in any other case, condition B is met.

(2) Condition A is met if—

(a) the value of the donation is more than £7,500, or

(b) its value, when added to the value of all other reportable donations (if any) made by the same donor which are accepted by the recognised third party in the relevant pre-dissolution period, is more than £7,500.

(3) Condition B is met if—

(a) the value of the donation is more than £1,500, or

(b) its value, when added to the value of all other reportable donations (if any) made by the same donor which fall within sub-paragraph (4), is more than £1,500.

(4) A reportable donation falls within this sub-paragraph if—

(a) it is accepted by the recognised third party in the relevant pre-dissolution period, and

(b) it was not recordable in any previous relevant quarterly report.

(5) If a reportable donation which is aggregated under sub-paragraph (2)(b) or (3)(b) was accepted by the recognised third party in a previous reporting period, the donation is to be treated for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(a) as accepted by the third party during the reporting period.

(6) For the purposes of this paragraph a donation is “recordable in any previous relevant quarterly report” if details of the donation were required to be recorded under paragraph 3(1)(a) in any previous quarterly report in relation to the recognised third party in the case of the relevant pre-dissolution period.

(7) In this paragraph, “the relevant pre-dissolution period” means the pre-dissolution period (within the meaning of section 95A) within which the reporting period falls.]