Schedules
Schedule 1Foreign interference in elections
I1I2Part 1Relevant electoral offences
Sch. 1 Pt. 1 in force at 20.12.2023 by S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(a)
An offence under any of these provisions of Schedule 9 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (c.14 (N.I.)) | Maximum term of imprisonment |
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Paragraph 1 (bribery) | 4 years |
Paragraph 2 (treating) | 4 years |
Paragraph 3 (undue influence) | 4 years |
Paragraph 4 (personation) | 7 years |
Paragraph 4A (postal and proxy votes) | 7 years |
Paragraph 5A (false statements in nomination papers etc) | 4 years |
Paragraph 26(2) (tampering with nomination papers etc) | 7 years |
An offence under any of these provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1983 | Maximum term of imprisonment |
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Section 60 (personation) | 7 years |
Section 62A (postal and proxy votes) | 7 years |
Section 62B (postal and proxy votes: Scottish local government elections) | 7 years |
Section 65 (tampering with nomination papers etc) | 7 years |
Section 65A (false statements in nomination papers etc) | 4 years |
Section 65B (false information in nomination papers etc: Scottish local government elections) | 4 years |
Section 112A (handling of postal voting documents by political campaigners) | 7 years |
Section 113 (bribery) | 4 years |
Section 114 (treating) | 4 years |
Section 114A (undue influence) | 4 years |
Section 115 (undue influence in a local government election in Scotland or Wales) | 4 years |
An offence under any of these provisions of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 | Maximum term of imprisonment |
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Section 54(7) (information about donors) | 4 years |
Section 54A(5) (false declaration about source of donation) | 4 years |
Section 54B(3) (false declaration as to residence condition) | 4 years |
Section 56(3), (3B) or (4) (failure to return donations) | 4 years |
Section 61 (evading restrictions on donations) | 4 years |
Section 65(4) (failure to comply with requirements about recording donations) | 4 years |
Section 66(5) (false declaration in donation report) | 4 years |
Section 89A (4) or (5) (incurring controlled expenditure in contravention of restriction) | 2 years |
Section 148 (general offences) | 4 years |
In Schedule 7 (donations to individuals and members associations)—
| 4 years |
In Schedule 7A (loans to individuals and members associations)—
| 4 years |
In Schedule 11 (donations to recognised third parties)—
| 4 years |
In Schedule 15 (donations to permitted participants)—
| 4 years |
Sch. 1 Pt. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see 100(1)