C5C3C7C10C4C6Part VII Referendums

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Pt. 7 extended (Gibraltar) for the purposes of the European Union referendum (17.12.2015) by European Union Referendum Act 2015 (c. 36), ss. 12(2), 13(1)

C2C9Chapter II Financial controls

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Returns

I1C1C8122 Delivery of returns to Commission.

1

Where—

a

any return falls to be prepared under section 120 in respect of referendum expenses incurred by or on behalf of a permitted participant, and

b

an auditor’s report on it falls to be prepared under section 121(1),

the responsible person shall deliver the return to the Commission, together with a copy of the auditor’s report, within six months of the end of the relevant referendum period.

2

In the case of any other return falling to be prepared under section 120, the responsible person shall deliver the return to the Commission within three months of the end of the relevant referendum period.

3

Where after the date on which a return is delivered to the Commission under this section, leave is given by a court under section 115(4) for any claim to be paid, the responsible person shall, within seven days after the payment, deliver to the Commission a return of any sums paid in pursuance of the leave accompanied by a copy of the court order giving the leave.

4

The responsible person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, he—

a

fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (1) or (2) in relation to a return under section 120;

b

delivers a return which does not comply with the requirements of section 120(2) or (3); or

c

fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (3) in relation to a return under that subsection.