Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party
Campaigning and Trade Union Administration
Bill

Page 12, line 35, leave out “intended” and insert “having as its principal purpose
the intention”

Page 12, line 45, at end insert—

“unless the expenditure relates to legislation before Parliament during the regulated period”

Page 13, line 15, leave out subsection (5)

Page 13, line 17, leave out “intended” and insert “having as its primary purpose the
intention”

Page 13, line 31, after “return” insert “, or

“(c)   that he or she had an honest belief that the principal purpose
of the campaign expenditure was other than the purpose
specified in subsection (2)(b)”

Page 14, line 4, leave out “intended” and insert “having as its principal purpose the
intention”

Page 14, leave out lines 28 to 31

The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 26
stand part of the Bill.

Page 14, line 44, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert “for paragraphs (a) and
(b) substitute “£25,000 for each of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland.””

Page 15, line 3, leave out ““2%” and insert ““5%”

Lord Hardie gives notice of his intention to oppose the Question that Clause 28 stand part
of the Bill.

Insert the following new Clause—

“Publication of guidelines for third parties regarding regulation of expenditure

(1)   As soon as is reasonably practicable after the passing of this Act the
Electoral Commission shall publish guidelines to assist third parties to
determine what procedures are necessary for them to ensure compliance
with the provisions of this Act.

(2)   The provisions of this Act regulating expenditure by third parties shall not
come into effect until three months have elapsed after the publication of the
guidelines mentioned in subsection (1).

(3)   In the event that the effect of subsections (1) and (2) is that the period
remaining prior to the 2015 general election is less than the relevant period,
the limits on expenditure by third parties will be reduced to the relevant
proportion of the maximum permitted expenditure.

(4)   In subsection (3) the “relevant proportion” means the proportion of the
maximum permitted expenditure represented by

where—

A is the number of days remaining after the expiry of the three month
period specified in subsection (2) until the date of the poll for the 2015
general election and B is 365.”

Insert the following new Clause—

“Resources for Electoral Commission

The Electoral Commission will be provided with sufficient resources to
enable it to comply with any additional obligations imposed upon it as a
result of this Act.”