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SCHEDULE 6, CONTROL OF DONATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS ASSOCIATIONS - continued

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  PART IV
  REPORTING OF DONATIONS BY DONORS
     12. - (1) This paragraph applies where a person ("the donor") has during the course of a calendar year made small donations to a regulated donee whose aggregate value is not less than £1,000.
 
      (2) The donor must make a report to the Commission in respect of the donations which gives the following details-
 
 
    (a) the aggregate value of the donations and the year in which they were made;
 
    (b) the name of the regulated donee to whom they were made; and
 
    (c) the full name and address of the donor (if an individual) and (in any other case) the details required by virtue of paragraph 2(4) to (8) of Schedule 5 in respect of the donor of a recordable donation.
      (3) The report must be delivered to the Commission by 31st January in the year following that in which the donations were made.
 
      (4) The report must, when delivered to the Commission, be accompanied by a declaration by the donor stating-
 
 
    (a) that small donations whose aggregate value was that specified in the report were made by him to the specified regulated donee during the specified year, and
 
    (b) that no other small donations were made by him to that regulated donee during that year.
      (5) A person commits an offence if-
 
 
    (a) he delivers a report under this paragraph which does not comply with sub-paragraph (2); or
 
    (b) he fails to deliver such a report in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) or such a report, when delivered by him, is not accompanied by a declaration under sub-paragraph (4); or
 
    (c) he knowingly or recklessly makes a false declaration under that sub-paragraph.
      (6) In this paragraph-
 
 
    (a) "small donation" means a controlled donation whose value is less than £200; and
 
    (b) "specified" means specified in the report in question.
 
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