{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/schedule-1/part-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/1",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Relevant electoral offences",
  "text": "Offences under the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (c.14 (N.I.))\nAn offence under any of these provisions of Schedule 9 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (c.14 (N.I.))\nMaximum term of imprisonment\nParagraph 1 (bribery)\n4 years\nParagraph 2 (treating)\n4 years\nParagraph 3 (undue influence)\n4 years\nParagraph 4 (personation)\n7 years\nParagraph 4A (postal and proxy votes)\n7 years\nParagraph 5A (false statements in nomination papers etc)\n4 years\nParagraph 26(2) (tampering with nomination papers etc)\n7 years\nOffences under the Representation of the People Act 1983\nAn offence under any of these provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1983\nMaximum term of imprisonment\nSection 60 (personation)\n7 years\nSection 62A (postal and proxy votes)\n7 years\nSection 62B (postal and proxy votes: Scottish local government elections)\n7 years\nSection 65 (tampering with nomination papers etc)\n7 years\nSection 65A (false statements in nomination papers etc)\n4 years\nSection 65B (false information in nomination papers etc: Scottish local government elections)\n4 years\nSection 112A (handling of postal voting documents by political campaigners)\n7 years\nSection 113 (bribery)\n4 years\nSection 114 (treating)\n4 years\nSection 114A (undue influence)\n4 years\nSection 115 (undue influence in a local government election in Scotland or Wales)\n4 years\nOffences under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000\nAn offence under any of these provisions of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000\nMaximum term of imprisonment\nSection 54(7) (information about donors)\n4 years\nSection 54A(5) (false declaration about source of donation)\n4 years\nSection 54B(3) (false declaration as to residence condition)\n4 years\nSection 56(3), (3B) or (4) (failure to return donations)\n4 years\nSection 61 (evading restrictions on donations)\n4 years\nSection 65(4) (failure to comply with requirements about recording donations)\n4 years\nSection 66(5) (false declaration in donation report)\n4 years\nSection 89A (4) or (5) (incurring controlled expenditure in contravention of restriction)\n2 years\nSection 148 (general offences)\n4 years\nIn Schedule 7 (donations to individuals and members associations)—\nparagraph 6A(5) (false declaration as to source of donation)\nparagraph 6B(3) (false declaration as to residence condition)\n4 years\nIn Schedule 7A (loans to individuals and members associations)—\nparagraph 4A(5) (false declaration as to residence condition)\nparagraph 8(9) (facilitating controlled transaction involving unauthorised participant)\n4 years\nIn Schedule 11 (donations to recognised third parties)—\nparagraph 6A(5) (false declaration as to source of donation)\nparagraph 6B(3) (false declaration as to residence condition)\n4 years\nIn Schedule 15 (donations to permitted participants)—\nparagraph 6A(5) (false declaration as to source of donation)\nparagraph 6B(3) (false declaration as to residence condition)\n4 years",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see 100(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 1 in force at 20.12.2023 by S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/schedule/1/part/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:52:07.318384+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."
}