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Part 2U.K.Political donations etc and expenditure

ThresholdsU.K.

20Increased thresholds in relation to donations etcU.K.

(1)In the following provisions of the 2000 Act, for “£200” there is substituted “ £500 ”

(2)In the following provisions of the 2000 Act, for “£1,000” there is substituted “ £1,500 ”

(3)In the following provisions of the 2000 Act, for “£5,000” there is substituted “ £7,500 ”

(4)In section 155 of the 2000 Act (power to vary specified sums), after subsection (2) there is inserted—

(3)Subsection (4) applies in relation to the sums specified in—

(a)Part 4;

(b)Part 4A;

(c)Schedule 11;

(d)Schedule 15;

(e)Schedule 19A.

(4)In each Parliament, other than a Parliament that is dissolved less than two years after the date of its first sitting, the Secretary of State must either—

(a)make an order in pursuance of subsection (2)(a), or

(b)lay before Parliament a statement setting out the Secretary of State's reasons for not doing so.

(5)The amendment made by subsection (4) does not apply in relation to the Parliament during which this Act is passed.

Commencement Information

I1S. 20 in force at 1.1.2010 by S.I. 2009/3084, art. 4(h)