SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7 Control of donations to individuals and members associations
F1Part 7Compliance officers
18Notices of appointment, renewal, alteration and termination
1
A notice under paragraph 17—
a
must be signed by the office-holder, and
b
must contain a statement signed by the individual to be appointed as compliance officer confirming that the individual is willing to be appointed.
2
A notice under paragraph 17 must state—
a
the full name of the office-holder,
b
the relevant elected office that the person holds,
c
the office-holder's home address in the United Kingdom, or (if there is no such home address) the office-holder's home address elsewhere, and
d
if the office-holder is a member of a registered party, the party's registered name and the address of its registered headquarters.
3
A notice under paragraph 17 must also state—
a
the full name of the individual to be appointed as compliance officer,
b
if the individual holds a relevant elected office, what that office is,
c
the individual's home address in the United Kingdom, or (if there is no such home address) the individual's home address elsewhere, and
d
if the individual is a member of a registered party, the party's registered name and the address of its registered headquarters.
4
Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a notice under paragraph 17 (“the original notice”)—
a
shall be in force as from the date on which it is received by the Commission, but
b
shall lapse at the end of the period of 12 months beginning with that date unless the office-holder or the compliance officer gives the Commission a notice (a “renewal notice”) that they both wish the original notice to remain in force.
5
A renewal notice—
a
has the effect of extending the validity of the original notice for a further 12 months beginning with the time when it would otherwise have lapsed (whether under sub-paragraph (4)(b) or on the expiry of a previous extension under this sub-paragraph);
b
must be received by the Commission during the period of one month ending at that time.
6
A renewal notice must either—
a
confirm that all the statements contained in the original notice, as it has effect for the time being, are accurate; or
b
indicate that any statement contained in that notice, as it so has effect, is replaced by some other statement conforming with the relevant provision of sub-paragraph (2) or (3).
A renewal notice must be signed by the office-holder and the compliance officer.
7
The office-holder or the compliance officer may, at any time after giving the original notice, give the Commission a notice (a “notice of alteration”) indicating that any statement contained in the original notice, as it has effect for the time being, is replaced by some other statement—
a
contained in the notice of alteration, and
b
conforming with the relevant provision of sub-paragraph (2) or (3).
A notice of alteration takes effect on the day on which it is received by the Commission or (if later) on such date as may be specified in the notice.
8
A notice of alteration must be signed—
a
by the office-holder, and
b
by the compliance officer or, in the case of a notice substituting a different individual as the compliance officer, by that individual.
9
A notice under paragraph 17 ceases to have effect on receipt by the Commission of a notice terminating it (a “notice of termination”) given and signed by the office-holder or by the compliance officer.
10
On receipt of a notice of termination given by the office-holder or by the compliance officer, the Commission must inform the other party as soon as is reasonably practicable (unless the notice was signed both by the office-holder and by the compliance officer).
Sch. 7 Pt. 7 inserted (1.1.2010) by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12), ss. 15(1), 43; S.I. 2009/3084, art. 4(d)