{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-forfeiture-of-political-donations-rules-2003/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1645",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Forfeiture of Political Donations) Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-forfeiture-of-political-donations-rules-2003",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Forfeiture of Political Donations) Rules 2003 and shall come into force on 24th July 2003.\n(2) In these Rules—\n(a) a reference to a section by number alone or reference to a schedule by number alone is a reference to the section so numbered or schedule so numbered respectively in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000;\n(b) any reference to a form is a reference to a form set out in the Schedule to these Rules or a form to like effect.\n(c) “applicant” means the Commission.\n(d) “forfeiture order” means an order pursuant to section 58(2) and includes orders made under section 58(2) as applied by—\n(i) paragraph 8 of Schedule 7;\n(ii) paragraph 7 of Schedule 11;\n(iii) paragraph 7 of Schedule 15; and\n(iv) paragraph 7 of Schedule 2A to the Representation of the People Act 1983; or\n(v) an order made under section 65(6); or\n(vi) an order made under paragraph 12(4) of Schedule 7.\n(e) “respondent” means the registered party, regulated donee, recognised third party, permitted participant or candidate or election agent (as appropriate) respectively, against whom a forfeiture order is sought.\n(f) “relevant petty sessions area” means the petty sessions area within which the Commission’s principal office is situated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2; Schedule 2A was inserted by section 130(3) and Schedule 16 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1645/article/1",
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  },
  "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."
}