Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000

Part IV U.K. Reporting of donations by donors

14 (1) This paragraph applies where a person (“the donor”) has during the course of a calendar year made small donations to a regulated donee whose aggregate value is more than £5,000 (where the donee is a members association) or £1,000 (in any other case).

(2) The donor must make a report to the Commission in respect of the donations which gives the following details—

(a) the aggregate value of the donations and the year in which they were made;

(b) the name of the regulated donee to whom they were made; and

(c) the full name and address of the donor (if an individual) and (in any other case) the details required by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 in respect of the donor of a recordable donation.

(3) The report must be delivered to the Commission by 31st January in the year following that in which the donations were made.

(4) The report must, when delivered to the Commission, be accompanied by a declaration by the donor stating—

(a) that small donations whose aggregate value was that specified in the report were made by him to the specified regulated donee during the specified year, and

(b) that no other small donations were made by him to that regulated donee during that year.

(5) A person commits an offence if—

(a) he delivers a report under this paragraph which does not comply with sub-paragraph (2);

(b) he fails to deliver such a report in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) or such a report, when delivered by him, is not accompanied by a declaration under sub-paragraph (4); or

(c) he knowingly or recklessly makes a false declaration under that sub-paragraph.

(6) In this paragraph—

(a) “small donation” means a controlled donation whose value is not more than £200; and

(b) “specified” means specified in the report in question.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 7 para. 14 modified (16.2.2001) by S.I. 2001/222, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 4

C2 Sch. 7 paras. 2 to 15 excluded (temp. from 16.2.2001) by S.I. 2001/446, art. 3

C3 Sch. 7 paras. 2-15 disapplied in part (temp. from 16.2.2005) by The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (Disapplication of Part IV for Northern Ireland Parties, etc) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/299), arts. 1(2), 3

C4 Sch. 7 paras. 2-15 excluded (temp.) (25.9.2006) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), ss. 10(2)(a), 11(3), 31

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 7 wholly in force; Sch. 7 partly in force at Royal Assent, see s. 163(3); Sch. 7 in force insofar as not already in force at 16.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/222, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I (subject to the transitional provisions in Pt. II of Sch. 1)