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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-political-parties-elections-and-referendums-civil-sanctions-order-2010/schedule-2/part-1",
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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",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/1",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Prescribed Offences",
  "text": "Provision creating offence\nOffence\nsection 24(8)\nregistration as treasurer where convicted of certain offences\nsection 43(7)\nfailure to deliver statement relating to auditor’s resignation etc.\nsection 47(1)(a)\nfailure to deliver proper statement of accounts\nsection 47(1)(b)\nfailure to deliver accounts within time limits\nsection 54(7)\nfailure to provide information about donors\nsection 56(3), (3B) or (4)\nfailure to return donations\nsection 65(3)\nfailure to deliver donation reports to Commission within time limits\nsection 65(4)\nfailure to comply with requirements for recording donations in donation report\nsection 71L(1)\nregistered party entering into regulated transaction with unauthorised participant\nsection 71L(2)\ntreasurer of party entering into regulated transaction with unauthorised participant\nsection 71L(3)\nparty liable if treasurer fails to repay money obtained under regulated transaction with unauthorised participant\nsection 71L(4)\ntreasurer failing to repay money obtained under regulated transaction with unauthorised participant\nsection 71L(5)\nparty benefiting from connected transaction to which an unauthorised participant is a party\nsection 71L(6)\ntreasurer of registered party which benefits from connected transaction to which an unauthorised participant is a party\nsection 71L(7)\nparty liable if treasurer fails to repay benefit obtained in consequence of security given by unauthorised participant\nsection 71L(8)\ntreasurer failing to repay benefit obtained in consequence of security given by unauthorised participant\nsection 71S(4)\nfailure to deliver transaction reports to Commission within time limits\nsection 71S(5)\nfailure to comply with requirements for recording transactions in transaction report\nsection 74(4)\nacceptance by ineligible person of office of deputy treasurer\nsection 75(2)\nincurring campaign expenditure without authority\nsection 76(4)(a)\nmaking payments in respect of campaign expenditure without authority\nsection 76(4)(b)\nfailure to notify treasurer of payments in respect of campaign expenditure\nsection 77(3)(a)\npaying claim in respect of campaign expenditure where failure to comply with procedure\nsection 77(3)(b)\npaying claim in respect of campaign expenditure outside specified time period\nsection 79(2)\nexceeding limits on campaign expenditure\nsection 82(4)(a)\nfailure of treasurer to deliver return and auditor’s report to Commission\nsection 82(4)(b)\nfailure to comply with requirements for returns\nsection 82(4)(c)\nfailure of treasurer to deliver return and court order to Commission\nsection 83(3)(b)\nfailure to deliver signed declaration with return to Commission\nsection 90(2)\nincurring controlled expenditure without authority\nsection 91(4)(a)\nmaking payments in respect of controlled expenditure without authority\nsection 91(4)(b)\nfailure to notify responsible person of payments in respect of controlled expenditure\nsection 92(3)(a)\npaying claim in respect of controlled expenditure where failure to comply with procedure\nsection 92(3)(b)\npaying claim in respect of controlled expenditure outside specified time period\nsection 94(2) or (4)\nexceeding limits on controlled expenditure\nsection 98(4)(a)\nfailure of responsible person to deliver return and auditor’s report to Commission\nsection 98(4)(b)\nfailure to comply with requirements for returns\nsection 98(4)(c)\nfailure to deliver return and court order to Commission\nsection 99(4)(b)\nfailure to deliver signed declaration with return to Commission\nsection 113(2)\nincurring referendum expenses without authority\nsection 114(4)(a)\nmaking payments in respect of referendum expenses without authority\nsection 114(4)(b)\nfailure to notify responsible person of payments in respect of referendum expenses\nsection 115(3)(a)\npaying claim in respect of referendum expenses where failure to comply with procedure\nsection 115(3)(b)\npaying claim in respect of referendum expenses outside specified time period\nsection 117(2)\nindividual (other than permitted participant) exceeding limits on referendum expenses\nsection 117(3) or (4)\nbody (other than permitted participant) exceeding limits on referendum expenses\nsection 118(2)\npermitted participant exceeding limits on referendum expenses\nsection 122(4)(a)\nfailure to deliver return and auditor’s report to Commission\nsection 122(4)(b)\nfailure to comply with requirements for returns\nsection 122(4)(c)\nfailure to deliver return and court order to Commission\nsection 123(4)(b)\nfailure to deliver signed declaration with return to Commission\nsection 126(8) and (9)\nprinting or publishing referendum material without details of printer or publisher\nsection 143(8) or (9)\nprinting or publishing election material without details of printer or publisher\nsection 148(2)(a)\nfailure to supply relevant person with information\nparagraph 1B of Schedule 7\nfailure by members association to comply with requirement to appoint responsible person\nparagraph 6(5) of Schedule 7\nfailure to provide information about donors\nparagraph 12(1) of Schedule 7\nfailure to deliver donation report to Commission within time limit\nparagraph 12(2) of Schedule 7\nfailure to comply with requirements for recording donations in donation reports\nparagraph 8(3) of Schedule 7A\nindividual regulated participant failing to repay money obtained under controlled transaction with unauthorised participant\nparagraph 8(4) of Schedule 7A\nresponsible person failing to repay money obtained by members association under controlled transaction with unauthorised participant\nparagraph 8(7) of Schedule 7A\nindividual regulated participant failing to repay value of benefit obtained in consequence of connected transaction involving unauthorised participant\nparagraph 8(8) of Schedule 7A\nresponsible person failing to repay value of benefit obtained by members association in consequence of connected transaction involving unauthorised participant\nparagraph 12(1) of Schedule 7A\nfailure to deliver transaction report to Commission within time limit\nparagraph 12(2) of Schedule 7A\nfailure to comply with requirements for recording transactions on transaction reports\nparagraph 6(7) of Schedule 11\nfailure to provide information about donors\nparagraph 6(8) of Schedule 15\nfailure to provide information about donors\nparagraph 6(1) of Schedule 19A\nfailure to give notification or report within specified period\nparagraph 6(2) of Schedule 19A\ngiving notification or report that fails to comply with requirements of that Schedule\nparagraph 13(1) of Schedule 19B\nfailure to comply with investigation requirement",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 24(8) is amended by paragraph 3 of the Schedule to S.I. 2004/366."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 47(1) is amended by section 13(2) of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 56(3B) is inserted by section 12 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 65(3) and (4) is amended by section 13(3)(a) of and paragraph 17 of Schedule 6 to the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 71L is inserted by section 61(1) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 71S is inserted by section 61(1) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) and subsections (4) and (5) are amended by section 13(4)(a) of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Paragraph 1B is inserted by section 14(3) of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Paragraph 12(1) and (2) is amended by paragraph 154(7) of Part 7 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) and sections 13(5) and 14(4) of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Schedule 7A is inserted by paragraph 99 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22). Paragraph 12(1) and (2) is amended by sections 13(6) and 16(3) of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "Schedule 19A is inserted by Schedule 5 to the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "Schedule 19B is inserted by Schedule 1 to the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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