{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/schedule-3A/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/schedule-3A/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1962/14",
  "legislation_title": "Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962",
  "path": "schedule/3A/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Acceptance or return of donations",
  "text": "(1) Sections 56 to 59 and section 60(3) to (5) of the 2000 Act shall apply for the purposes of this Schedule in relation to—\n(a) a relevant donation received by a candidate or a candidate's election agent, and\n(b) the candidate or (as the case may be) the election agent,\nas they apply in relation to a donation received by a registered party and the registered party.\n(2) In the application of those sections in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) section 56(1) shall have effect as if the reference to the particulars relating to a donor which would be required to be included in a donation report by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 (if the donation were a recordable donation within the meaning of the Schedule) were construed as a reference to the particulars which are required to be included in a return by virtue of paragraph 11(c);\n(b) section 56(3) shall have effect as if the reference to the party were omitted and the reference to the treasurer of the party were construed as a reference to the candidate or (as the case may be) the candidate's election agent; and\n(c) section 56(4) shall have effect as if the reference to the treasurer of the party were construed as a reference to the candidate or (as the case may be) the candidate's election agent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1962/14/schedule/3A/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:59.497504+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}