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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-referendum-act-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-26",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/36",
  "legislation_title": "European Union Referendum Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-referendum-act-2015",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a donation received by a permitted participant if—\n(a) the permitted participant is a registered party that is not a minor party,\n(b) the donation is received from a person (“the donor”) who in relation to that donation is not a permissible donor for the purposes of Part 4 of the 2000 Act by virtue of section 54 of that Act,\n(c) the donor is a person within sub-paragraph (3), and\n(d) the donation is received by the party within the referendum period.\n(2) In relation to that donation, the donor is to be regarded for the purposes of Part 4 of the 2000 Act as a permissible donor.\n(3) The persons within this sub-paragraph are—\n(a) a Gibraltar elector;\n(b) a body falling within any of paragraphs (b) to (g) of section 54(2A) of the 2000 Act;\n(c) a body incorporated by Royal Charter which does not fall within section 54(2) of that Act;\n(d) a charitable incorporated organisation within the meaning of Part 11 of the Charities Act 2011 or Part 11 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008;\n(e) a Scottish charitable incorporated organisation within the meaning of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 10);\n(f) a partnership constituted under the law of Scotland which carries on business in the United Kingdom.\n(4) In relation to a donation in the form of a bequest sub-paragraph (3)(a) is to be read as referring to an individual who was, at any time within the period of 5 years ending with the date of the individual's death, a Gibraltar elector.\n(5) In this paragraph—\n(a) “donation” has the same meaning as in section 54 of the 2000 Act (see section 50 of that Act);\n(b) “Gibraltar elector” has the same meaning as in the 2000 Act (see section 160(1) of that Act).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 26 in force at 1.2.2016 by S.I. 2016/69, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/36/schedule/1/paragraph/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:37.152995+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."
}