Part VI Controls relating to third party national election campaigns

Chapter II Financial controls

Returns

I199 Declaration by responsible person as to return under section 96.

1

Each return prepared under section 96 in respect of controlled expenditure incurred by or on behalf of a recognised third party during a regulated period must, when delivered to the Commission, be accompanied by a declaration which complies with subsections (2) and (3) 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 third party 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 third party are from permissible donors, and

b

no other relevant donations have been accepted by the third party in respect of the relevant election or elections which took place during the regulated period.

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 recognised third party to which the return relates.

5

In this section “relevant donation” has the same meaning as in Schedule 11.