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SCHEDULEAmendments to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000

20.  In section 77 (restriction on making claims in respect of campaign expenditure)—

(a)in subsection (10), after “means” insert “a day within subsection (11) or”; and

(b)after subsection (10) insert—

(11) A day is within this subsection if under the law of Gibraltar it is a bank holiday or a public holiday and—

(a)the office of the treasurer, deputy treasurer or (as the case may be) other authorised person to whom the claim is sent pursuant to subsection (1) is situated in Gibraltar; or

(b)the person providing the property, services or facilities to which the expenditure relates conducts his business in Gibraltar; or

(c)(if he conducts his business in one or more parts of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar) the office from which dealings relating to the expenditure were conducted is situated in Gibraltar.

(12) In the application of subsection (4) to Gibraltar, the references to the High Court or a county court shall have effect as if they were references to the Gibraltar court.