34Returns as to controlled expenditureU.K.
(1)Section 96 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (returns as to controlled expenditure) is amended as follows.
(2)For subsection (1) substitute—
“(1)Subsection (1A) applies where—
(a)during a regulated period, any controlled expenditure is incurred by or on behalf of a recognised third party in a relevant part of the United Kingdom, and
(b)the incurring of that expenditure would, if the third party had not been recognised, have been an offence under section 94(4) (whether because it was incurred in excess of a limit mentioned in section 94(5) or 94(5ZA)).
(1A)The responsible person must prepare a return in respect of the controlled expenditure incurred by or on behalf of the third party during that period in each relevant part of the United Kingdom.”
(3)In subsection (7)—
(a)in the opening words, for “(1)(a)” substitute “ (1A) ”;
(b)in paragraph (a), omit “falling within subsection (1)(a)”.