The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2007

Prospective

Interpretation U.K.

2.  In this Order—

“the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983(1);

“the 2000 Act” means the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000;

“the 2006 Act” means the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006;

“individual donor” means an individual who is a permissible donor by virtue of—

(a)

section 54(2)(a) of the 2000 Act (individuals registered in the electoral register), or

(b)

section 71B(1)(a) of that Act (Irish citizen making a donation to a Northern Ireland recipient);

“Northern Ireland report” means a report to the Commission which is prepared by a Northern Ireland recipient and contains, or purports to contain, information required to be given by Schedule 6 or 7 to the 2000 Act, but does not include a report required to be prepared by virtue of section 63 of that Act;

“prescribed bodies” has the meaning given by article 4(2);

“reporting period” has the meaning given by section 62(2) of the 2000 Act in relation to reports prepared pursuant to that section but, in relation to reports which contain, or purport to contain, information required to be given pursuant to Schedule 7 to the 2000 Act, it means each month; and

“selected Northern Ireland donation” means a donation made to a Northern Ireland recipient which is selected by the Commission for verification under article 8.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 2 in force at 1.11.2007, see art. 1

(1)

1983 c.2.