Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000

5 (1) In relation to each recordable donation a quarterly or weekly report must— U.K.

(a) give the relevant date for the donation; and

(b) (in the case of a quarterly report)—

(i) state whether the donation was made to the registered party or any accounting unit of the party; or

(ii) in the case of a donation to which section 62(12) applies, indicate that it is a donation which falls to be treated as made to the party by virtue of that provision.

(2) In the case of a donation to which section 55(3) applies, the report must in addition give—

(a) the date or dates on or between which the visit to which the donation relates took place, and

(b) the destination and purpose of the visit.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph as it applies to a quarterly report, the relevant date for a donation is—

(a) (if within section 62(4)(a) or (7)(a)) the date when the donation was accepted by the party or the accounting unit;

(b) (if within section 62(4)(b) or (7)(b)) the date when the donation was accepted by the party or the accounting unit which caused the aggregate amount in question to be more than the limit specified in that provision;

(c) (if within section 62(9)) the date when the donation was received.

(4) For the purposes of this paragraph as it applies to a weekly report, the relevant date for a donation is the date when the donation was received by the party or its central organisation as mentioned in section 63(3).

[F1 (5) Where a quarterly report to which this sub-paragraph applies includes a donation which was received by a Northern Ireland recipient, or an accounting unit of a Northern Ireland recipient, before 1 July 2017, the report must give the date on which the donation was received.

(6) Sub-paragraph (5) applies to a quarterly report in respect of a period beginning on or after 1 January 2018.

(7) In this paragraph, “Northern Ireland recipient” means a party registered in the Northern Ireland register.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 6 para. 5(5)-(7) inserted (8.3.2018) by The Transparency of Donations and Loans etc. (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/328), arts. 1(2), 6(2)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 6 wholly in force at 16.2.2001; Sch. 6 partly in force at Royal Assent, see s. 163(3); Sch. 6 in force in so far as not already in force at 16.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/222, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 Pt. II)