# The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012, Paragraph 1


(1) This Schedule has effect for controlling donations to candidates at a PCC election.
(2) The following provisions have effect for the purposes of this Schedule.
(3) “Relevant donation”, in relation to a candidate at a PCC election, means a donation to the candidate or the candidate’s election agent for the purpose of meeting election expenses incurred by or on behalf of the candidate.
(4) In sub-paragraph (3) the reference to a donation for the purpose of meeting election expenses incurred by or on behalf of a candidate includes a reference to a donation for the purpose of securing that any such expenses are not so incurred; and a donation is to be taken as being a donation for either of those purposes if, having regard to all the circumstances, it must be reasonably assumed to be such a donation.
(5) “Donation” is to be construed in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 4.
(6) In relation to a donation received by a candidate at a PCC election, references to a permissible donor falling within section 54(2) of the 2000 Act are to be read as if section 54(2) did not include a party registered in the Northern Ireland register maintained by the Commission under Part 2 of that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111525302/schedule/5/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/schedule-5/paragraph-1
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