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Control of donationsU.K.

55Policy development grants to be donationsU.K.

In section 52 of the 2000 Act (payments, services etc. not to be regarded as donations), in subsection (1) omit paragraph (a).

Commencement Information

I1S. 55 wholly in force at 11.9.2006, see s. 77(2)-(4) and S.I. 2006/1972, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 16 (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 2)

56Exemption from requirement to prepare quarterly donation reportsU.K.

(1)After section 62 of the 2000 Act (quarterly donation reports) insert—

62AExemption from requirement to prepare quarterly reports

(1)This section applies if each of four consecutive donation reports prepared by the treasurer of a registered party in pursuance of subsection (1) of section 62 contains—

(a)in the case of a party without accounting units, a statement under subsection (10) of that section, or

(b)in the case of a party with accounting units, statements under subsection (10) of that section in relation to the central organisation of the party and each of its accounting units.

(2)The treasurer is not required to prepare any further donation reports in pursuance of subsection (1) of that section until a recordable donation—

(a)is accepted by the registered party, or

(b)is dealt with by the registered party in accordance with section 56(2).

(3)A recordable donation is a donation which is required to be recorded by virtue of any of subsections (4) to (9) of section 62 (including those subsections as applied by subsection (11) of that section).

(4)If a recordable donation is accepted or (as the case may be) dealt with in accordance with section 56(2), nothing in this section affects the operation of section 62 in relation to—

(a)the reporting period in which the recordable donation is so accepted or dealt with, or

(b)any subsequent reporting period which falls before the time (if any) when this section again applies in relation to the party.

(5)In this section, “donation report” and “reporting period” have the same meaning as in section 62.

(2)Section 62A of the 2000 Act (as inserted by subsection (1) above) applies only if the last of the reports mentioned in subsection (1) of that section relates to a period which falls wholly or partly after the commencement of this section (but it is immaterial whether any of the other reports relate to such a period).

Commencement Information

I2S. 56 wholly in force at 11.9.2006, see s. 77(2)-(4) and S.I. 2006/1972, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 17 (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 2)

57Repeal of section 68 of the 2000 ActU.K.

Section 68 of the 2000 Act (reporting of multiple small donations) is omitted.

Commencement Information

I3S. 57 wholly in force at 11.9.2006, see s. 77(2)-(4) and S.I. 2006/1972, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 18 (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 2)

58Register of donations to include details of nature of donationU.K.

In section 69 of the 2000 Act (register of recordable donations), in subsection (2), after paragraph (a) insert—

(aa)whether the donation is in the form of sponsorship (within the meaning of section 51);.

59Reporting donations to holders of certain elective officesU.K.

(1)Schedule 7 (control of donations to individuals and members associations) to the 2000 Act is amended as follows.

(2)In paragraph 10, after sub-paragraph (7) insert—

(8)This paragraph does not apply to a donation received by a holder of a relevant elective office unless he is not a member of a registered party and is F1...a member of a local authority in Scotland.

(9)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (8), it is immaterial whether the donation is made to the holder of the relevant elective office in that capacity or in his capacity as a member of a registered party.

(3)In Part 5 of the Schedule, after paragraph 15 insert—

Donations to holders of certain elective offices

15A(1)This paragraph applies in relation to donations received by a holder of a relevant elective office if—

(a)the relevant body has in place arrangements requiring the holder of the office to report such donations, and

(b)the Commission think that the arrangements correspond to the requirements of paragraph 10.

(2)The Commission must make such arrangements as they think appropriate corresponding to section 69 as modified in pursuance of paragraph 15(3) to maintain a register of such information as they receive relating to such donations.

(3)In sub-paragraph (1)(a) a relevant body is—

(a)if the holder of a relevant elective office is a member of a body mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f) of paragraph 1(8), that body;

(b)if the holder of a relevant elective office is the Mayor of London, the London Assembly;

(c)if the holder of a relevant elective office is an elected mayor within the meaning of Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000, the local authority of which he is the mayor.

(4)The Secretary of State must not make an order under section 77 for the purposes of this section as it applies to the holders of a relevant elective office unless he is informed by the Commission that they are satisfied that they will receive the information mentioned in paragraph 15A(2) of that Schedule (as inserted by subsection (3) above) in relation to such holders of relevant elective office.

(5)In subsection (4) references to the holder of a relevant elective office must be construed in accordance with Schedule 7 to the 2000 Act.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I4S. 59 partly in force; s. 59 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 77; s. 59 in force for certain purposes at 1.7.2009 by S.I. 2009/1509, art. 2 (with art. 3)

I5S. 59(1)-(3) in force at 4.5.2016 for specified purposes by S.I. 2016/551, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)

I6S. 59(4)(5) in force at 27.4.2016 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2016/538, art. 2

60Northern Ireland: disapplication of Part 4 of the 2000 ActU.K.

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