Political Parties and Elections Act 2009
Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (2009 c. 12)
- Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (2009 c. 12)
- Part 1 The Electoral Commission
- Functions of Electoral Commission
- 1 Compliance with controls imposed by the 2000 Act etc
- 2 Investigatory powers of Commission
- 3 Civil sanctions
- Electoral Commissioners etc
- 4 Selection of prospective Electoral Commissioners and Commission chairman
- 5 Four Electoral Commissioners to be persons put forward by parties
- 6 Number of Electoral Commissioners
- 7 Political restrictions on Electoral Commissioners and staff
- 8 Education about systems of government and EU institutions
- Part 2 Political donations etc and expenditure
- Donations etc
- 9 Declaration as to source of donation
- 10 Non-resident donors etc
- 11 Non-resident lenders etc
- 12 Defence to charge of failing to return donation from impermissible donor
- Offences
- 13 “Reasonable excuse” in relation to certain offences under the 2000 Act
- Responsible persons and compliance officers
- 14 Control of donations to members associations: responsible persons
- 15 Control of donations to holders of elective office: compliance officers
- 16 Control of loans etc to members associations: responsible persons
- 17 Control of loans etc to holders of elective office: compliance officers
- 18 Person may not be “responsible person” for more than one third party
- Unincorporated associations
- 19 Reports of gifts received by unincorporated associations making political contributions
- Thresholds
- 20 Increased thresholds in relation to donations etc
- Election expenses
- 21 Limitation of pre-candidacy election expenses for certain general elections
- 22 Election expenses: guidance by Commission
- Part 3 Elections
- 23 Election falling within canvass period
- 24 Candidate at parliamentary election may withhold home address from publication
- 25 Disposal of election documents in Scotland
- 26 Filling vacant European Parliament seats in Northern Ireland
- 27 Returning officers for elections to the European Parliament
- Part 4 Electoral registration
- Co-ordinated on-line record of electors
- 28 Establishment of corporation sole to be CORE keeper
- 29 Use of CORE information
- Identifying information
- 30 Voluntary provision of identifying information
- 31 Regulations amending or supplementing section 30
- 32 Report by Electoral Commission on provision of identifying information
- 33 Obligatory provision of identifying information
- 34 Provision supplementing section 33
- Data schemes
- 35 Schemes for provision of data to registration officers
- 36 Schemes under section 35: proposals, consultation and evaluation
- Interpretation
- 37 Meaning of expressions relating to registration
- Part 5 General
- 38 Meaning of “the 1983 Act” and “the 2000 Act”
- 38A Functions of the Minister for the Cabinet Office
- 39 Amendments and repeals
- 40 Transitional provision
- 41 Money
- 42 Extent
- 43 Commencement
- 44 Short title
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Investigatory powers of Commission: Schedule to be inserted into the 2000 Act
- SCHEDULE 2 Civil sanctions: Schedule to be inserted into the 2000 Act
- SCHEDULE 3 Declaration as to source of donation
- Schedule 7 to the 2000 Act (control of donations to individuals and members associations)
- Schedule 11 to the 2000 Act (control of donations to recognised third parties)
- Schedule 15 to the 2000 Act (control of donations to permitted participants)
- Schedule 20 to the 2000 Act (penalties)
- SCHEDULE 4 Declaration as to whether residence etc condition satisfied
- Schedule 7 to the 2000 Act (control of donations to individuals and members associations)
- Schedule 11 to the 2000 Act (control of donations to recognised third parties)
- Schedule 15 to the 2000 Act (control of donations to permitted participants)
- Schedule 20 to the 2000 Act (penalties)
- SCHEDULE 5 Reports of gifts received by unincorporated associations making political contributions: Schedule to be inserted into the 2000 Act
- SCHEDULE 6 Minor and consequential amendments
- Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)
- Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)
- SCHEDULE 7 Repeals
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