{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/12",
  "legislation_title": "Political Parties and Elections Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Control of loans etc to holders of elective office: compliance officers",
  "text": "In Schedule 7A to the 2000 Act (control of loans etc to individuals etc), at the end there is inserted—\n“Compliance officers\n18 (1) This paragraph applies where a regulated participant who is the holder of a relevant elective office (the “office-holder”) has given a notice to the Commission under paragraph 17 of Schedule 7 appointing an individual as compliance officer for the office-holder.\n(2) Where the notice is for the time being in force—\n(a) any duty imposed on the office-holder under paragraph 9, 10, 11 or 13 may be discharged either by the office-holder or by the compliance officer;\n(b) paragraph 12(1) and (2) applies to the compliance officer as well as the office-holder (so that either or both of them may be charged with an offence under paragraph 12(1) or (2));\n(c) if the compliance officer makes a declaration under paragraph 13, paragraph 13(4) applies to the compliance officer instead of the office-holder.\n(3) The compliance officer for an office-holder cannot be guilty of an offence under paragraph 12(1) or (2) in respect of any controlled transaction entered into by the office-holder at a time when the notice was not in force.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.1.2010 by S.I. 2009/3084, art. 4(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/12/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:05.670691+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."
}