Part V

Control of campaign expenditure

Returns

Delivery of returns to the Commission.
82
1
Where—
a
any return falls to be prepared under section 80, and
b
an auditor’s report on it falls to be prepared under section 81(1),
the treasurer of the party 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 campaign period.
2
In the case of any other return falling to be prepared under section 80, the treasurer of the party shall deliver the return to the Commission within three months of the end of the relevant campaign 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 77(4) for any claim to be paid, the treasurer of the party in question 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 order of the court giving the leave.
4
The treasurer of a registered party commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, he—
a
fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (1) or (2) in relation to any return or report to which that subsection applies;
b
delivers a return which does not comply with the requirements of section 80(3) or (4); or
c
fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (3) in relation to a return under that subsection.
S. 82 wholly in force at 16.2.2001; s. 82 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 163(2); s. 82 in force at 16.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/222, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 Pt. II)