{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/schedule-6/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2025/864",
  "legislation_title": "The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Acceptance or return of donations",
  "text": "(1) Sections 56 to 60 of the 2000 Political Parties Act are to apply for the purposes of this Schedule, as they apply in relation to a registered party and to a donation received by a registered party, in relation to—\n(a) a relevant donation received by a candidate or by a candidate’s election agent, and\n(b) the candidate or the election agent.\n(2) In the application of sections 56 to 60 of that Act in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) section 56(1) is to have effect as if the reference to the particulars relating to a donor which would be required to be included in a donation report by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the 2000 Political Parties Act, if the donation were a recordable donation within the meaning of that Schedule, were construed as a reference to the particulars which are required to be included in a return by virtue of paragraph 11(c);\n(b) section 56(3) and (3A) is to have effect as if the reference to the party were omitted and the reference to the treasurer of the party were construed as a reference to the candidate or the candidate’s election agent;\n(c) section 56(4) is to have effect as if the reference to the treasurer of the party were construed as a reference to the candidate or the candidate’s election agent.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 7 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Sections 56 to 60 were amended by section 12 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12); S.I. 2004/366; S.I. 2009/185 and S.I. 2018/1310."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph 2 was amended by paragraph 26 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22); S.I. 2015/1982: and S.I. 2018/1310. There are other amendments to paragraph 2, but these are not relevant here."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/schedule/6/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-14T03:35:52.324656+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."
}