Part IV Control of donations to registered parties and their members etc.

C1C2Chapter III Reporting of donations to registered parties

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Pt. IV Chapters I-III excluded (temp.from 16.2.2001) by S.I. 2001/446, art. 2

Reports to be made by donors

I1C368 Reporting of multiple small donations.

1

This section applies where a person (“the donor”) has during the course of a calendar year made small donations to a registered party whose aggregate value is more than £5,000.

2

The donor must make a report to the Commission in respect of the donations which gives the following details—

a

the aggregate value of the donations and the year in which they were made;

b

the name of the registered party to whom they were made; and

c

the full name and address of the donor (if an individual) and (in any other case) such details in respect of the donor as are required by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to be given in respect of the donor of a recordable donation.

3

The report must be delivered to the Commission by 31st January in the year following that in which the donations were made.

4

The report must, when delivered to the Commission, be accompanied by a declaration by the donor stating—

a

that small donations whose aggregate value was that specified in the report were made by him to the specified registered party during the specified year, and

b

that no other small donations were made by him to that party during that year.

5

A person commits an offence if—

a

he delivers a report under this section which does not comply with subsection (2); or

b

he fails to deliver such a report in accordance with subsection (3) or such a report, when delivered by him, is not accompanied by a declaration under subsection (4); or

c

he knowingly or recklessly makes a false declaration under that subsection.

6

In this section—

a

“small donation” means a donation whose value is not more than £200; and

b

“specified” means specified in the report in question.