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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/referendums-scotland-act-2020/schedule-5/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "asp/2020/2",
  "legislation_title": "Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/referendums-scotland-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Electoral Commission may by notice impose a fixed monetary penalty on a person if satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the person has committed a campaign offence listed in Part 7.\n(2) The Commission may by notice impose a fixed monetary penalty on a permitted participant if satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the responsible person in relation to the permitted participant—\n(a) has committed a campaign offence listed in Part 7, or\n(b) has failed to comply with a requirement imposed by paragraph 24(2), (3) or (4) of schedule 3.\n(3) For the purposes of this schedule a “fixed monetary penalty” is a requirement to pay to the Commission a penalty of £200.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/2/schedule/5/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:54.149805+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."
}