Part VII Referendums
Chapter II Financial controls
Returns
I1C1123 Declaration of responsible person as to return under section 120.
1
Each return prepared under section 120 in respect of referendum expenses incurred by or on behalf of a permitted participant must be accompanied by a declaration which complies with subsection (2) and is signed by the responsible person.
2
The declaration must state—
a
that the responsible person has examined the return in question;
b
that to the best of his knowledge and belief—
i
it is a complete and correct return as required by law, and
ii
all expenses shown in it as paid have been paid by him or a person authorised by him.
3
The declaration must also state, in a case where the permitted participant either is not a registered party or is a minor party, that—
a
all relevant donations recorded in the return as having been accepted by the permitted participant are from permissible donors, and
b
no other relevant donations have been accepted by the permitted participant.
4
A person commits an offence if—
a
he knowingly or recklessly makes a false declaration under this section; or
b
subsection (1) is contravened at a time when he is the responsible person in the case of the permitted participant to which the return relates.
5
In this section “relevant donation” has the same meaning as in Schedule 15.