Amendments to Schedule 7 to the 2000 Act8

1

Paragraph 10 of Schedule 7 to the 2000 Act (control of donations to individuals and members associations: donation reports for donations from permissible donors) is amended as follows.

2

After sub-paragraph (4) insert—

4ZA

Where such a report is one to which this sub-paragraph applies and includes a donation which was received by a Northern Ireland recipient before 1 July 2017, the report must give the date when the donation was received by the donee.

4ZB

Sub-paragraph (4ZA) applies to a report which is delivered to the Commission on or after the date on which Article 8 of the Transparency of Donations and Loans etc. (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2018 comes into force.

3

After sub-paragraph (9) insert—

10

In this paragraph, “Northern Ireland recipient” means a regulated donee who is—

a

an individual ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland, or

b

a members association wholly or mainly consisting of members of a party registered in the Northern Ireland register.