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| | | ‘Nothing in Part 2 of this Act shall limit the capacity of a charity or non-party |
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| | | campaigning organisation to comment on public policy in so far as it does not |
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| | | seek to influence the outcome of an election in so doing.’. |
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| | | Expenditure within third party groups |
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| | | ‘(1) | Part 6 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (controls |
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| | | relating to third party national election campaigns) is amended as follows. |
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| | | (2) | After section 87 insert— |
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| | | “87A | Expenditure within third party groups |
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| | | (1) | For the purposes of this Part, third parties which have formed part of a |
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| | | group of third parties (“a group”), for the purposes of undertaking |
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| | | activities to influence the outcome of an election, have only a duty to |
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| | | account to the regulator for expenditure that the third party has incurred |
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| | | for election purposes, as defined in section 85(3), and not for expenditure |
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| | | by the group or groups of which they have formed part. |
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| | | (2) | Each group shall designate a person or persons responsible for reporting |
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| | | to the regulator expenditure by the group incurred for election purposes. |
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| | | (3) | A donation by a third party to a group for the purposes of undertaking |
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| | | activities to influence the outcome of an election shall count towards the |
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| | | expenditure limits established in section 94 and Schedule 10.”.’. |
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| | | Impact of Part 2 on elections and referendums in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland |
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| | | ‘Within two months of the day on which this Act receives Royal Asssent, the |
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| | | Electoral Commission and the Minister shall lay a report before both Houses of |
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| | | (a) | an assessment of the separate and specific impacts of Part 2 of this Act |
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| | | on third-party engagement in elections to the Scottish Parliament, the |
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| | | National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly, and to |
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| | | the House of Commons in respect of constituencies in Scotland, Wales |
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| | | and Northern Ireland; and |
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| | | (b) | an assessment of the impact of Part 2 of the Act on referendums held or |
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| | | to be held in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.’. |
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| | | Assessment of effect of third party campaigning on UK elections |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | Within 12 months of the passing of this Act, the Secretary of State must set out a |
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| | | report that includes his assessment of the effect that the actions of third party |
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| | | campaigning has had at elections in the UK, which shall include— |
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| | | (a) | an assessment of the impact of third party national election campaigns as |
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| | | regulated by Part IV of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums |
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| | | (b) | the impact of any other third party campaigns which in his opinion have |
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| | | had an impact on elections, |
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| | | (c) | evidence of public opinion on the benefits and adverse impacts of third |
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| | | party activity at election time, and |
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| | | (d) | an assessment of the exisiting controls on third party campaigning at |
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| | | elections in the UK, and how these compare to other countries. |
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| | | (2) | In drawing up the report under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must |
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| | | (a) | the Electoral Commission, |
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| | | (b) | the Charities Commission, |
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| | | (c) | the Governments of the devolved nations, |
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| | | (e) | such persons or organisations who campaign to affect policies or politics, |
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| | | (f) | such persons who may publish opinions, whether on paper or |
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| | | electronically, that may be intended to influence policies or politics, and |
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| | | (g) | any other person he considers could be affected by controls on third party |
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