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7. For the purposes of section 71D(1) of the 2000 Act the prescribed steps which the Commission must take for the purpose of verifying the information given in Northern Ireland reports during the prescribed period are set out in articles 8 and 9.
8.—(1) In each reporting period, in relation to each Northern Ireland recipient who has provided a Northern Ireland report, the Commission must—
(a)select for verification 50 per cent of all donations made by individual donors reported by that recipient in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3); and
(b)select for verification every donation which has not been made by an individual donor.
(2) In the case of a Northern Ireland recipient who has reported an odd number of donations from individual donors during any reporting period, the Commission must determine the number of donations from individual donors to be selected for verification by adding one to the number of donations from individual donors reported by that Northern Ireland recipient and dividing the resulting number by two.
(3) In the case of a Northern Ireland recipient who has reported only one donation from an individual donor during any reporting period, the Commission must select that donation for verification.
9.—(1) The Commission must take the following steps in relation to each selected Northern Ireland donation.
(2) In relation to a Northern Ireland report made in respect of a selected Northern Ireland donation, and any documentation provided with it, the Commission must take reasonable steps to ascertain whether—
(a)the information provided in the report in relation to that donation is accurate; and
(b)any documentation provided with the report in relation to that donation is genuine.
(3) The steps taken by the Commission under paragraph (2) may include, but are not limited to, contacting a relevant body set out in article 11.
10. If, after taking the steps prescribed by articles 8 and 9, the Commission believes on reasonable grounds that a donation reported in a Northern Ireland report fell to be dealt with under section 56(2) of the 2000 Act, and that it has not been dealt with in this manner, the Commission must—
(a)write to the Northern Ireland recipient who provided the report informing him of the Commission’s intention to publish the information in accordance with paragraph (b); and
(b)publish the following information—
(i)the name of the Northern Ireland recipient;
(ii)the amount of the donation;
(iii)the date of the donation;
(iv)whether the donation was received from an individual or from a body; and
(v)in the case of a donation received from a body, the type of body which made the donation with reference to article 4(2) or section 54(2) of the 2000 Act.
11. The following bodies are prescribed for the purposes of section 71E(2)(b) of the 2000 Act—
(a)a firm of solicitors in Ireland which has provided a statement in accordance with paragraph 2A(12) of Schedule 6 to the 2000 Act(1);
(b)the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland;
(c)the office of the Certification Officer;
(d)the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons;
(e)the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords;
(f)the office of the Northern Ireland Certification Officer;
(g)Companies House (meaning that part of the Department of Trade and Industry known as the Companies House Executive Agency);
(h)the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment(2);
(i)the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland;
(j)the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland;
(k)the Financial Services Authority;
(l)the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission;
(m)the office of any electoral registration officer;
(n)the Registrar of Companies of Ireland;
(o)the Registrar of Friendly Societies of Ireland; and
(p)the Registrar of Political Parties of Ireland.
Paragraph 2A of Schedule 6 is inserted by article 5 of, and Schedule 1 to, this Order.
The Department was so named by the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order (1999/283 (N.I.1).
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