Elections Act 2022

24 Prohibition on entities being registered political parties and recognised third parties at same time

(1) PPERA is amended as follows.

(2) In section 28 (registration of parties), after subsection (7) insert—

“(7A) A party may not make an application under this section at any time when the party is also a recognised third party for the purposes of Part 6 (see section 85(5)).”

(3) In section 85 (controlled expenditure by third parties), in subsection (7), omit paragraph (b).

(4) In section 88 (third parties recognised for purposes of Part 6)—

(a) in subsection (2), omit paragraph (b);

(b) in subsection (3), omit paragraph (b);

(c) in subsection (3A), for “(3)(b)(iii), (c)(ii) or (d)(ii)” substitute “(3)(c)(ii) or (d)(ii)”.

(5) In section 90 (restriction on incurring controlled expenditure), omit subsection (3).

(6) In section 95 (control of donations to recognised third parties), omit the words from “which” to the end.

(7) In section 95A (quarterly donation reports), omit subsection (11).

(8) In section 95B (weekly donation reports during general election periods), omit subsection (11).

(9) In section 96 (returns as to controlled expenditure), in subsection (2)(d), omit the words from “in a case” to “minor party,”.

(10) In section 99 (declaration by responsible person as to return under section 96), in subsection (3), omit the words from “, in a case” to “minor party,”.

(11) In Schedule 11 (control of donations to recognised third parties), in paragraph 1—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), omit the words from “which” to the end;

(b) omit sub-paragraph (3).