Paragraph 17 Functions and liabilities of compliance officersF1

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 7 para. 6(1)(aa) inserted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 3 para. 1(1)
Sch. 7 para. 6A inserted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 3 para. 1(2)
Sch. 7 para. 10(1) words substituted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 3 para. 2(3)
Sch. 7 para. 10(4)(a) words substituted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 3 para. 2(4)
Sch. 7 para. 10(5) words substituted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 3 para. 2(5)(a)
Sch. 7 para. 10(5)(aa) inserted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 3 para. 2(5)(b)
Sch. 7 para. 11(1)(a) words substituted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 3 para. 3(3)
Sch. 7 para. 11(1)(b) words substituted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 3 para. 3(4)
Sch. 7 para. 11(3) words substituted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 3 para. 3(5)
Sch. 7 para. 11(3)(a) words inserted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 3 para. 3(6)
Sch. 7 para. 11(3)(c) words substituted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 3 para. 3(7)
Sch. 7 para. 6(1)(aa) substituted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 4 para. 1(1)
Sch. 7 para. 6B inserted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 4 para. 1(2)
Sch. 7 para. 8(1A) inserted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 4 para. 2
Sch. 7 para. 10(1)(b) words inserted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 4 para. 3(2)
Sch. 7 para. 10(5)(aa) words inserted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 4 para. 3(3)
Sch. 7 para. 6(1)(b) words substituted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 6 para. 28(2)
Sch. 7 para. 8(2) words substituted by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 6 para. 28(3)
Sch. 7 para. 6(1)(a) word repealed by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 Sch. 7

(1)

A regulated donee who is the holder of a relevant elective office (the “office-holder”) may, by giving a notice to the Commission which complies with paragraph 18(1), appoint an individual as compliance officer for the office-holder.

(2)

Where a notice under this paragraph is for the time being in force—

(a)

any duty imposed on the office-holder by virtue of paragraph 8, or under paragraph 10, 11 or 13, may be discharged either by the office-holder or by the compliance officer;

(b)

section 56(3), (3B) and (4) as applied by paragraph 8, and paragraph 12(1) and (2), apply to the compliance officer as well as the office-holder (so that either or both of them may be charged with any offence under those provisions);

(c)

if the compliance officer makes a declaration under paragraph 13, paragraph 13(4) applies to the compliance officer instead of the office-holder.

(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 donation received by the office-holder at a time when the notice under this paragraph was not in force.

(4)

A person commits an offence if, at a time when a notice under this paragraph is in force in relation to an office-holder, the person knowingly gives the compliance officer any information relating to—

(a)

the amount of any controlled donation made to the office-holder, or

(b)

the person or body making such a donation,

which is false in a material particular.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 7 Pt. 7 inserted (1.1.2010) by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12), ss. 15(1), 43; S.I. 2009/3084, art. 4(d)