Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 14th March 2000
CONSIDERATION OF BILL
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS BILL, AS AMENDED
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the House [13th March], as follows:—
New Clauses, amendments relating to Clause 1, Schedule 1, Clause 2, Schedule 2, Clauses 3 to 28, Schedule 3, Clauses 29 to 44, Schedule 4, Clauses 45 to 56, Schedule 5, Clauses 57 to 64, Schedule 6, Clause 65, Schedule 7, Clauses 66 to 72, Schedule 8, Clauses 73 to 87, Schedule 9, Clause 88, Schedule 10, Clauses 89 to 103, Schedule 11, Clause 104, Schedule 12, Clauses 105 to 111, Schedule 13, Clause 112, Schedule 14, Clauses 113 to 123, Schedule 15, Clauses 124 to 128, Schedule 16, Clause 129, Schedule 17, Clause 130, Schedule 18, Clauses 131 to 138, Schedule 19, Clauses 139 to 149, Schedules 20 and 21, New Schedules.
Sir George Young
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Robert Walter
Mr William Ross
152
Page 40, line 15, leave out Clause 63.
Mr Secretary Straw
24
Page 40, line 18 [Clause 63], leave out 'a' and insert 'each'.
Mr William Ross
Reverend Martin Smyth
169
Page 40, line 18 [Clause 63], after 'party', insert 'with its Headquarters and/or registered office in Northern Ireland.'.
Mr William Ross
Reverend Martin Smyth
170
Page 40, line 19 [Clause 63], leave out 'such period as is specified' and insert 'a period of one year'.
Mr William Ross
Reverend Martin Smyth
171
Page 40, line 23, [Clause 63], leave out 'such period as is specified' and insert 'a period of one year'.
Mr William Ross
Reverend Martin Smyth
166
Page 40, line 25 [Clause 63], at end add—
'(1A) The Secretary of State may by order further extend the periods laid down under subsections (1)(a)(ii) and (1)(b)(ii) above, but no further period of extension shall be for more than one year and there may be no more than two such further extensions.'.
Mr William Ross
Reverend Martin Smyth
167
Page 40, line 26 [Clause 63], at end add 'a party which has its headquarters, UK headquarters or registered office in Northern Ireland which is.'.
Mr William Ross
Reverend Martin Smyth
168
Page 40, line 27 [Clause 63], leave out 'one' and insert 'six'.
Mr William Ross
Reverend Martin Smyth
172
Page 40, line 29 [Clause 63], leave out 'one' and insert 'four'.
Mr William Ross
Reverend Martin Smyth
173
Page 40, line 30 [Clause 63], after 'Commons' insert 'who have taken the oath or made the affirmation and are'.
Mr Martin Linton
164
Page 40, line 33 [Clause 63], at end add—
'(4) The Secretary of State shall not make an order under subsection (1) (b) above unless the following conditions are satisfied—
(a) a draft of the order has been submitted to the Electoral Commission; and
(b) the Commission has stated that, in its opinion, the contents of the draft order are compatible with the effective enforcement in individual cases of the provisions of section 54 relating to evasion of restrictions on donations.'.
Mr Secretary Straw
97
Page 111, line 29 [Schedule 6], leave out 'sub-paragraph (3)' and insert 'this Schedule'.
Mr Secretary Straw
98
Page 114, line 7 [Schedule 6], leave out 'falling within section 48(2)'.
Mr Secretary Straw
99
Page 114, line 11 [Schedule 6], leave out sub-paragraph (2).
Mr Secretary Straw
100
Page 114, line 45 [Schedule 6], at end insert—
'Payments etc. which are (or are not) to be treated as donations by permissible donors
5A.—(1) The following provisions have effect for the purposes of this Schedule.
(2) Any payment out of public funds received by a regulated donee which is a members association, for its use and benefit in connection with any of its political activities, shall be regarded as a controlled donation received by the association from a permissible donor.
(3) Any donation received by a regulated donee shall (if it would not otherwise fall to be so regarded) be regarded as a controlled donation received by the donee from a permissible donor if and to the extent that—
(a) the purpose of the donation is to meet qualifying costs incurred or to be incurred in connection with any visit—
(i) by the donee in connection with any of the donee's political activities, or
(ii) in the case of a members association, by any member or officer of the association in connection with any of its political activities,
to a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, and
(b) the amount of the donation does not exceed a reasonable amount in respect of such costs.
(4) In sub-paragraph (3) "qualifying costs", in relation to the donee or (as the case may be) any member or officer of the donee, means costs relating to that person in respect of—
(a) travelling between the United Kingdom and the country or territory in question; or
(b) travelling, accommodation or subsistence while within that country or territory.
(5) Any controlled donation received by a regulated donee from a trustee of any property (in his capacity as such) which does not constitute a donation transmitted by the trustee to the donee—
(a) on behalf of a person who, at the time of its receipt by the donee, is a permissible donor, or
(b) in pursuance of a bequest made by such a person as is mentioned in section 48(3),
shall be regarded as a controlled donation received by the donee from a person who is not a permissible donor.'.
Mr Secretary Straw
101
Page 114, line 47 [Schedule 6], at end insert 'regulated donee and any'.
Mr Secretary Straw
102
Page 114, line 49 [Schedule 6], after first 'a' insert 'registered party and any'.
Mr Secretary Straw
103
Page 115, line 46 [Schedule 6], after 'paragraph;' insert—
'(aa) any reference to section (Payments etc. which are (or are not) to be treated as donations by permissible donors)(2) or to section (Payments etc. which are (or are not) to be treated as donations by permissible donors)(3) shall be construed as a reference to paragraph 5A(2) above or to paragraph 5A(3) above respectively;'.
Mr Secretary Straw
104
Page 115, line 48 [Schedule 6], at end insert—
'(6) In the case of a donation to which paragraph 5A(2) applies, sub-paragraph (2)(b) above shall have effect as if for "by the same permissible donor" there were substituted "in circumstances falling within paragraph 5A(2)".
(7) In the case of a donation to which paragraph 5A(3) applies—
(a) sub-paragraph (2)(b) above shall have effect as if for "by the same permissible donor" there were substituted "in circumstances falling within paragraph 5A(3) by the same donor"; and
(b) any report prepared by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above in respect of the donation must give—
(i) the date or dates on or between which the visit to which the donation relates took place, and
(ii) the destination and purpose of the visit.'.
Mr Secretary Straw
137
Page 118, line 28 [Schedule 6], leave out 'or 9(3)' and insert ', 9(3) or 9(4)'.
Mr William Ross
183
*Page 118 [Schedule 6], leave out lines 32 to 39.
Sir George Young
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Robert Walter
147
Page 120, line 30 [Schedule 7
], at end add—
'(f) any legal or other professional expenses incurred in respect of, or in connection with, any requirement in this Act.'.
Mr Secretary Straw
25
Page 42, line 17 [Clause 66], leave out '£100' and insert '£200'.
Mr Secretary Straw
26
Page 43, line 27 [Clause 67], leave out from 'if' to 'he' in line 31.
Mr Secretary Straw
27
Page 43, line 32 [Clause 67], leave out 'that subsection' and insert 'subsection (3)'.
Mr Secretary Straw
28
Page 44, line 10 [Clause 68], after 'if', insert ', without reasonable excuse,'.
Mr Secretary Straw
29
Page 44, line 29 [Clause 69], after 'if', insert 'without reasonable excuse'.
Mr Secretary Straw
30
Page 44, line 31 [Clause 69], leave out ', without reasonable excuse,'.
