12. In section 54(1) (permissible donors)—
(a)in subsection (2)(c), at the end, insert “, other than a Gibraltar party whose entry in the register includes a statement that it intends to contest one or more elections to the European Parliament in the combined region”;
(b)after subsection (2) insert—
“(2A) As respects a registered party whose entry in the register includes a statement that it intends to contest one or more elections to the European Parliament in the combined region, the following are also permissible donors for the purposes of this Part—
(a)a Gibraltar elector;
(b)a company—
(i)registered under the Companies Ordinance; and
(ii)incorporated within Gibraltar, the United Kingdom or another member State, which carries on business in Gibraltar;
(c)a Gibraltar party whose entry in the register includes a statement that it intends to contest one or more elections to the European Parliament in the combined region;
(d)a trade union within the meaning of the Trade Union and Trade Disputes Ordinance;
(e)a building society within the meaning of the Banking (Extension to Building Societies) Ordinance 1997;
(f)a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Ordinance, which carries on business in Gibraltar; and
(g)any unincorporated association of two or more persons which does not fall within any of the preceding paragraphs but which carries on business or other activities wholly or mainly in Gibraltar and whose main office is there,
but, in the case of a party other than a Gibraltar party, only where the donation is received by the party within the period of four months ending with the date of the poll for an election to the European Parliament in the combined region.”
(c)after subsection (3) insert—
“(3A) In relation to a donation in the form of a bequest subsection (2A)(a) shall be read as referring to an individual who was, at any time within the period of five years ending with the date of his death, a Gibraltar elector.”
Subsection (8) was amended by regulation 11(b) of the European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1184).