Paragraph 4 Payments etc not to be regarded as donationsF1

(1)

None of the following shall be regarded as a donation—

(a)

the provision of any facilities provided in pursuance of any right conferred on a candidate at an election by this Act;

(b)

the provision by an individual of the individual's own services which the individual provides voluntarily in the individual's own time and free of charge;

(c)

any interest accruing to a candidate or the candidate's election agent in respect of any donation which is dealt with by the candidate or (as the case may be) the candidate's election agent in accordance with section 56(2)(a) or (b) of the 2000 Act (as applied by paragraph 7).

(2)

There shall also be disregarded any donation whose value (determined in accordance with paragraph 5) is not more than £50.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Schs. 3A, 3B inserted (16.12.2010) by Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2977), arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 1 para. 19 (with art. 1(3))

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Refs. to registration officer, returning officer or electoral officer are to be construed as refs. to Chief Electoral Officer, 1972 NI 13