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| Page 6, line 4 [Clause 8], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | In section 54 of the 2000 Act (permissible donors), in subsection 2(a), after |
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| Page 6, line 27 [Clause 8], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | A declaration under this section must also state that the person P is resident in the |
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| other new clauses relating to political donations and spending |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | In section 54 of the 2000 Act, after subsection (1) there is inserted— |
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| | “(1A) | A donation received by a registered party from a permissible donor must |
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| | not be accepted by the party in so far as the amount of that donation and |
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| | of any other donations accepted by the party from that donor during the |
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| | same calendar year exceeds £50,000. |
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| | (1B) | Subsection (1A) does not apply to donations to which subsections (1) and |
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| | (2) of section 55 apply.”. |
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| | (2) | In section 56 of the 2000 Act, after subsection (2) there is inserted— |
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| | “(2A) | If a registered party receives a donation which it is prohibited from |
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| | accepting by virtue of section 54(1A), subsection (2) applies to that |
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| | donation only in so far as the amount of that donation and of any other |
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| | donations accepted by the party from that donor during the same calendar |
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| | (3) | In subsection 58(1)(a) of the 2000 Act, after “(b)”, there is inserted “or (1A)”’. |
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| | ‘(1) | A donation from a company controlled by an impermissible donor shall itself |
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| | (2) | A company shall count as controlled by an impermissible donor when— |
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| | (a) | an impermissible donor, or any combination of impermissible donors, |
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| | (b) | an impermissible donor acts as a shadow director of the company; or |
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| | (c) | a majority of the board of directors of the company are impermissible |
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| | (3) | “Impermissible donor” means— |
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| | (a) | a donor who is not a permissible donor under the 2000 Act; or |
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| | (b) | a company controlled by an impermissible donor. |
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| | (4) | “Shadow director” has the same meaning as it has in section 251 of the |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | No registered political party may spend more than £300,000 in qualifying |
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| | following a general election. |
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| | (2) | If a by-election is held in a constituency, the limit mentioned in subsection (1) |
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| | (4) | Where constituency boundaries change between one election and the next, the |
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| | Electoral Commission may apportion expenditure between constituencies in any |
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| | Spending limits - power to vary |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Any spending limits in force by virtue of this Act may be varied by order. |
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| | (2) | An order under this section may make different provision for the periods before |
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| | and after the following general election. |
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| | (3) | No order may be laid under this section unless approved by the Electoral |
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| | (4) | Any order made under this section must be laid before and approved by a |
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| | Treatment of contributions from trade union political funds |
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| | ‘(1) | The limit on donations established by section [£50,000 cap on donations] shall |
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| | apply to all expenditure out of trade union political funds unless all the conditions |
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| | of this section have been fulfilled with regard to the expenditure in question. |
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| | (a) | the expenditure consists entirely of money contributed directly to the |
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| | (b) | the expenditure consists entirely of an amount paid to a political party on |
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| | (c) | the sum referred to in (b) is less than the limit set by section [Cap on |
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| | (d) | the consent has been obtained either of all the members who are |
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| | expended is a proportion of those members, of at least the relevant |
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| | proportion of the members, for the expenditure concerned. |
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| | (3) | A member of a union who contributes to the political fund shall be deemed to |
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| | (a) | the member was afforded during the 12 months preceding the relevant |
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| | expenditure a reasonable opportunity to be exempted from contributing |
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| | (b) | the union has, during the 12 months preceding the relevant expenditure, |
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| | (i) | the nature of a political fund; |
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| | (ii) | the expenditure made by the union out of the political fund in the |
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| | previous five years, including the identity of any political parties |
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| | to which payments have been made out of the political fund; |
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| | (iii) | the right of members to be exempt from paying contributions to |
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| | (iv) | the nature of any expenditure out of the fund that the union |
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| | (4) | The Electoral Commission may issue guidelines and model communications |
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| | (a) | the requirement mentioned in subsection (3)(a); and |
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| | (b) | the conditions mentioned in subsection (3)(b). |
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| | (5) | Compliance with guidelines or use of model communications issued under this |
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| | subsection shall be deemed to be compliance with the relevant aspects of this |
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| | (6) | No more than one payment under subsection (1) may be made in any one calendar |
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| | House of Commons communications allowance to count as qualifying expenditure |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Money paid out of the House of Commons Communications Allowance to |
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| | Members of Parliament who represent a registered party shall count as qualifying |
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| | expenditure of that party for the purposes of section [National spending limit], |
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| | notwithstanding any restriction on the use of that allowance for party political |
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