PART 3The election campaign

Registration, funding and expenditure of political parties and others

Amendment of Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 200024.

(1)

The 2000 Act is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 22 (parties to be registered in order to field candidates at elections)—

(a)

in subsection (2)(a), after “constituency,” insert “ police area, ”;

(b)

in subsection (5), after paragraph (e), insert—

“(ea)

elections of police and crime commissioners,”.

(3)

In section 67 (weekly donation reports in connection with elections other than general elections), in subsection (2)(b)—

(a)

omit “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (iii);

(b)

after sub-paragraph (iv) insert—

“or

(v)

an election of a police and crime commissioner.”

(4)

In Schedule 7 (control of donations to individuals and members associations)—

(a)

in paragraph 1(8) (definition of “relevant elective office”), after paragraph (e) insert—

“(ea)

police and crime commissioner;”;

(b)

in paragraph 15A(1) (donations to holders of certain elective offices) M1, after “relevant elective office” insert “ , other than a police and crime commissioner ”.