Payments etc. not to be regarded as donations
32(1)None of the following is to be regarded as a donation—
(a)any grant provided out of public funds,
(b)the provision of any rights conferred on a designated organisation (or persons authorised by a designated organisation) by virtue of—
(i)paragraph 8 or 9, or
(ii)paragraph 1 of Schedule 12 (right to send referendum address post free) to the 2000 Act (as applied by article 4 of the Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedule 5) Order 2013 (SI 2013/242)),
(c)the transmission by a broadcaster of a referendum campaign broadcast,
(d)the provision by an individual of the individual’s own services which the individual provides voluntarily in the individual’s own time and free of charge, or
(e)any interest accruing to a permitted participant in respect of any donation which is dealt with by the permitted participant in accordance with paragraph 35(3)(a) or (b).
(2)Any donation the value of which (as determined in accordance with paragraph 33) does not exceed £500 is to be disregarded.