# Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, Paragraph 17: Functions and liabilities of compliance officers


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/schedule/7/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000/schedule-7/paragraph-17
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