The European Parliamentary Elections (Combined Region and Campaign Expenditure) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004

34.  In Schedule 7 (controls of donations to individuals and members associations)—

(a) in paragraph 1 (operation and interpretation of Schedule) insert—

(i) in sub-paragraph (8)(b) after “United Kingdom” insert “(including the combined region)”; and

(ii) after sub-paragraph (10) insert—

“(11) In sub-paragraph (10)(a) the combined region is to be regarded as part of England for the purposes of the reference to Great Britain.”;

(b) in paragraph 7—

(i) after sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) A person falling within section 54(2A)(a) to (g) is a permissible donor if—

(a) the controlled donation is received by—

(i) a member of a registered party; or

(ii) a members association whose membership consists wholly or mainly of members of a registered party,

and the party is 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; or

(b) the controlled donation is received by a member of the European Parliament elected in the combined region.”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (5) insert—

“(5A) Any controlled donation received by a regulated donee which is an exempt Gibraltar trust donation shall be regarded as a controlled donation received by the donee from a permissible donor if—

(a) the donation is received by—

(i) a member of a registered party; or

(ii) a members association whose membership consists wholly or mainly of members of a registered party,

and the party is 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; or

(b) the donation is received by a member of the European Parliament elected in the combined region.”; and

(iii) in sub-paragraph (6)—

(aa) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) an exempt Gibraltar trust donation regarded by virtue of sub-paragraph (5A) as received from a permissible donor, or”; and

(bb) in sub-paragraph (b)(i) after “54(2)” insert “or permissible donors by virtue of sub-paragraph (1A)”.