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The Political Donations and Regulated Transactions (Anonymous Electors) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006

S.I. 2006/2974 · Made 10 November 2006

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Political parties, england and wales

donations

Made 10th November 2006

Laid before Parliament 16th November 2006

Coming into force 1st January 2007

The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 65(2A) of, paragraphs 2(3B), (3C), 3(2), (3) of Schedule 6, paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 6A, paragraph 10(4A) of Schedule 7, paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 11 and paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 15 to, the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000f1, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 41; subsection (2A) of section 65, paragraphs 2(3B) and (3C), 3(2) and (3) of Schedule 6, paragraph 10(4A) of Schedule 7, paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 11 and paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 15 were inserted by paragraphs 24 to 30 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22); Schedule 6A was inserted by section 61(5) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Citation, commencement and extent
  3. 3Evidence of anonymous registration
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Political Donations and Regulated Transactions (Anonymous Electors) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1 January 2007.

2Citation, commencement and extent

These Regulations do not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

3Evidence of anonymous registration

The evidence prescribed for the purposes of section 65(2A) of, paragraphs 2(3B), (3C), 3(2), (3) of Schedule 6, paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 6A, paragraph 10(4A) of Schedule 7, paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 11 and paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 15 to, the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 is a certificate of anonymous registration issued pursuant to regulation 45E of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001f1.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Bridget Prentice

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Constitutional Affairs

10th November 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Political donations may only be accepted from an individual if that person is registered in an electoral register. Similarly, a registered political party may only enter into a regulated transaction (as defined by section 71F of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)) with an individual if that individual is registered in an electoral register. These Regulations prescribe the form of evidence required to establish that a donor who has an anonymous entry in an electoral register is indeed a registered elector.

Regulation 3 states that the prescribed from of evidence is a certificate of anonymous registration issued pursuant to regulation 45E of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/341).