Part VI

Controls relating to third party national election campaigns
Chapter II

Financial controls

Financial limits on targeted controlled expenditure

Authorisation
94G
1
A registered party may authorise a recognised third party to incur controlled expenditure in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland that is targeted at the registered party.
2
An authorisation—
a
must be in writing,
b
must be signed by a relevant officer,
c
must specify the part of the United Kingdom to which it relates, and
d
may specify a cap on the amount of expenditure authorised.
3
An authorisation is of no effect until a copy of it has been given to the Commission by the registered party.
4
The Commission must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a copy of an authorisation, enter in the register maintained under section 89 (register of notifications)—
a
the fact that the registered party has given the authorisation, and
b
the information specified in it.
5
A registered party may at any time withdraw an authorisation already given.
6
A withdrawal of an authorisation—
a
must be in writing, and
b
must be signed by a relevant officer.
7
A withdrawal of an authorisation is of no effect until a copy of it has been given to the Commission by the registered party.
8
The Commission must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a copy of a withdrawal of an authorisation, update the register maintained under section 89.
9
For the purposes of this section “
relevant officer
”, in relation to a registered party, means—
a
the treasurer of the party, or
b
a deputy treasurer of the party.
Ss. 94C-94H and cross-heading inserted (30.1.2014) by Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 (c. 4), ss. 30(8), 45(3)(b) (with s. 46(1)(2))