Part 6Information to be included with electronic material

Enforcement

I150Enforcement by the Commission

1

Parts 1 to 4 and 6 of Schedule 19C to PPERA (civil sanctions) and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums (Civil Sanctions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2860) apply (subject to the following provisions of this section) in relation to an offence to which this section applies as they apply in relation to a prescribed offence under that Act.

2

This section applies to—

a

an offence under section 48(1) which relates to the publication of electronic material which can reasonably be regarded as intended to achieve a purpose within—

i

section 43(2) (registered parties etc),

ii

section 43(7) (categories of elected office-holders), or

iii

section 43(9) (referendums) where the referendum in question is a referendum to which Part 7 of PPERA applies and the electronic material is published during the referendum period (within the meaning of that Part) for that referendum, or

b

an offence under section 48(1) which relates to the publication of electronic material—

i

which falls within section 44(2)(b) (referendums), or

ii

which can reasonably be regarded as intended to achieve a purpose within section 45(2) (registered parties etc).

3

In the application of paragraph 23 of Schedule 19C to PPERA (use of statements made compulsorily) by virtue of this section, the reference in sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph to Schedule 19B to that Act is to be read as including a reference to Schedule 12 to this Act.

4

In the application of paragraph 13(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums (Civil Sanctions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2860) by virtue of this section, the reference to PPERA and that Order is to be read as a reference to that Act and that Order as they are applied by this section.