# Political Parties and Elections Act 2009, Paragraph 30

Status: prospective

(1) Schedule 15 (control of donations to permitted participants) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 4 (payments etc not to be regarded as donations)—
(a) sub-paragraph (1)(a) is omitted;
(b) at the end there is inserted—
“(3) Any payment out of public funds shall not be regarded as a donation for the purposes of paragraph 6A.
(4) For all other purposes of this Schedule, such a payment shall not be regarded as a donation unless it is a grant provided to a designated organisation by virtue of section 110(2).”
(3) In sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph (inserted by sub-paragraph (2)(b) above), after “paragraph 6A” there is inserted “ or 6B ”.
(4) In sub-paragraph (2)(b) of paragraph 7 (acceptance or return of donations), for “section 56(3) and (4)” there is substituted “ section 56(3), (3B) and (4) ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/12/schedule/6/paragraph/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009/schedule-6/paragraph-30
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