# The Donations to Candidates (Anonymous Registration) Regulations 2014, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The registration officer in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is required to issue a certificate of anonymous entry to persons with an anonymous entry in the electoral register maintained by that officer.
Regulation 2 provides that any such certificate of anonymous entry can be used by a candidate as evidence that a donor is registered in an electoral register for the purpose of reporting donations to the Electoral Commission.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111115671/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-donations-to-candidates-anonymous-registration-regulations-2014/note
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