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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-political-parties-elections-and-referendums-civil-sanctions-order-2010/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2010/9780111498163",
  "legislation_title": "The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums (Civil Sanctions) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-political-parties-elections-and-referendums-civil-sanctions-order-2010",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order is made under Schedule 19C to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. It permits the Electoral Commission to impose civil sanctions in relation to the offences and the restrictions and requirements prescribed in Schedule 2 to the Order.\nThe Order prescribes the offences, restrictions and requirements for which a civil sanction may be imposed by the Commission.\nThe civil sanctions are:\nfixed monetary penalties (for which supplementary provision is made at Part 1 of Schedule 1);\ndiscretionary requirements (variable monetary penalties, compliance notices or restoration notices) (Part 2 of Schedule 1);\nstop notices (Part 3 of Schedule 1); and\nenforcement undertakings (Part 4 of Schedule 1).\nIn relation to monetary penalties, the Order makes provision for:\nprescribed or minimum and maximum amounts (article 6 and paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 of Schedule 1); and\nlate payment penalties (paragraphs 4 and 9 of Schedule 1).\nThe Order also makes provision:\nallowing the Commission to withdraw, or to reduce the penalty or steps to be taken under a notice;\nfor appeals against notices imposing civil sanctions, and decisions of the Commission not to certify completion, including time limits for the making of such appeals (article 8 and paragraphs 3, 7, 8, 12 and 16 of Schedule 1);\nsetting out the procedure for entering into an enforcement undertaking and the terms to be included in such an undertaking (paragraphs 13 and 14 of Schedule 1); and\nthat the Commission must certify that the Commission are satisfied that a discretionary requirement or enforcement undertaking has been complied with (paragraphs 6 and 15 of Schedule 1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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