7.—(1) Sections 56 to 60(1) 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 Act(2) (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.
Section 57A was inserted and sections 58, 59 and 60 were amended by S.I. 2004/366; see article 4(2) of and paragraphs 14 to 17 of the Schedule to that S.I..
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 was amended by S.I. 2004/366 (see article 4(2) of and paragraphs 1 and 33 of the Schedule to that S.I.) and is amended by the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (see section 10(2) of and paragraphs 24 to 26 of Schedule 1 to that Act) from 1st January 2007.