SCHEDULE 6Control of donations to candidates

PART 2Controls on donations

Acceptance or return of donations7

1

Sections 56 to 60123 of the 2000 Political Parties Act shall apply for the purposes of this Schedule in relation to—

a

a relevant donation received by a candidate or by his election agent; and

b

the candidate or (as the case may be) the election agent,

as they apply in relation to a donation received by a registered party and the registered party.

2

In the application of sections 56 to 60 of that Act in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)—

a

section 56(1) shall have effect as if the reference to the particulars relating to a donor which would be required to be included in a donation report by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the 2000 Political Parties Act124 (if the donation were a recordable donation within the meaning of that Schedule) were construed as a reference to the particulars which are required to be included in a return by virtue of paragraph 11(c);

b

section 56(3) shall have effect as if the reference to the party were omitted and the reference to the treasurer of the party were construed as a reference to the candidate or (as the case may be) his election agent; and

c

section 56(4) shall have effect as if the reference to the treasurer of the party were construed as a reference to the candidate or (as the case may be) his election agent.