{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009/section-20",
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  "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/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Increased thresholds in relation to donations etc",
  "text": "(1) In the following provisions of the 2000 Act, for “£200” there is substituted “ £500 ”\nsection 52(2)(b);\nsection 54(4)(b) and (6)(b);\nsection 71F(12)(b);\nin Schedule 7, paragraphs 4(3)(b) and 6(2) and (4)(b);\nin Schedule 7A, paragraph 2(4)(b);\nin Schedule 11, paragraphs 4(2) and 6(4) and (6)(b);\nin Schedule 15, paragraphs 4(2) and 6(5) and (7)(b).\n(2) In the following provisions of the 2000 Act, for “£1,000” there is substituted “ £1,500 ”\nsection 62(6A)(a) and (b), (7)(b) and (11)(b);\nsection 71M(7)(a) and (b), (8)(b) and (11)(b);\nin Schedule 7, paragraph 10(1A)(a) and (b) and (2)(b);\nin Schedule 7A, paragraph 9(2)(a) and (b) and (7)(b).\n(3) In the following provisions of the 2000 Act, for “£5,000” there is substituted “ £7,500 ”\nsection 62(4)(a) and (b), (5)(b) and (11)(b);\nsection 63(3);\nsection 71M(4)(a) and (b), (5)(b) and (11)(b);\nsection 71Q(3);\nin Schedule 7, paragraph 10(1A)(a) and (b) and (2)(b);\nin Schedule 7A, paragraph 9(2)(a) and (b) and (7)(b);\nin Schedule 11, paragraph 10(2)(a);\nin Schedule 15, paragraph 10(2)(a).\n(4) In section 155 of the 2000 Act (power to vary specified sums), after subsection (2) there is inserted—\n“(3) Subsection (4) applies in relation to the sums specified in—\n(a) Part 4;\n(b) Part 4A;\n(c) Schedule 11;\n(d) Schedule 15;\n(e) Schedule 19A.\n(4) In each Parliament, other than a Parliament that is dissolved less than two years after the date of its first sitting, the Secretary of State must either—\n(a) make an order in pursuance of subsection (2)(a), or\n(b) lay before Parliament a statement setting out the Secretary of State's reasons for not doing so.”\n(5) The amendment made by subsection (4) does not apply in relation to the Parliament during which this Act is passed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 20 in force at 1.1.2010 by S.I. 2009/3084, art. 4(h)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/12/section/20",
    "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."
}