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(1)A recognised third party may, at any time before the end of a regulated period, send a notice to the Commission—
(a)stating that it is party to an arrangement of the kind mentioned in section 94(6),
(b)undertaking to be a lead campaigner in relation to the arrangement, and
(c)identifying one or more other third parties that are parties to the arrangement and have undertaken to be minor campaigners in relation to it.
(2)A recognised third party that has sent a notice under subsection (1) may, at any time before the end of the regulated period, send one or more supplementary notices to the Commission identifying additional third parties that are parties to the arrangement and have undertaken to be minor campaigners in relation to it.
(3)As from the date of receipt by the Commission of—
(a)a notice under subsection (1), the recognised third party that sent the notice becomes “a lead campaigner” in relation to the arrangement;
(b)a notice under subsection (1) or (2), a third party identified in the notice becomes “a minor campaigner” in relation to the arrangement.
(4)A notice under subsection (1) or (2) may not—
(a)identify as a minor campaigner a third party that is a lead campaigner in relation to the same arrangement, F2...
F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)The Commission must, as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving—
(a)a notice under subsection (1), enter in the register maintained under section 89 (register of notifications) the fact that the recognised third party that sent the notice is a lead campaigner in relation to the arrangement;
(b)a notice under subsection (1) or (2), enter in that register the name of each third party identified in the notice and the fact that it is a minor campaigner in relation to the arrangement.
[F3(5A)A recognised third party that is subject to the lower-tier expenditure limits may not send a notice under subsection (1).]
(6)For provision about the effect of sending a notice under this section, see section 94B.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 94A, 94B inserted (30.1.2014) by Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 (c. 4), ss. 27(3), 45(3)(b) (with s. 46(1)(2))
F2S. 94A(4)(b) and word repealed (31.12.2020) by The European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1310), reg. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. 1 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1389, regs. 1, 2(2))
F3S. 94A(5A) inserted (24.11.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), ss. 28(11), 67(1) (with s. 28(13)(14)); S.I. 2022/1226, reg. 2(c)
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