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Amendment of section 24 of Act of 1997.
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6.—Section 24 of the Act of 1997 is hereby amended—
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(a) in subsection (1) by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraph (b):
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“(b) Subject to paragraph (c), each political party shall furnish to the Public Offices Commission—
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(i) not later than the 30th day of April, 1998, in respect of the period commencing on the 15th day of May, 1997, and ending on the 31st day of December, 1997, and
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(ii) not later than the 31st day of March in every year thereafter,
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a written statement, in a form directed by that Commission, in respect of, in the case set out in subparagraph (i), the period referred to in that subparagraph and, in any other case, the preceding year, indicating—
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(iii) whether during that period or year, as the case may be, the party received a donation exceeding in value the relevant amount specified in subsection (4), and
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(iv) in respect of each donation (if any), the value of the donation and the name, description and postal address of the person by or on whose behalf the donation was made.
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(c) Nothing in paragraph (b) shall apply to a donation made by a person referred to in subsection (1A) to a person who was a member of a political party when the donation was made.”,
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(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):
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“(1A) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), not later than the 31st day of January in every year commencing with 1999, each person who in the preceding year made donations, the aggregate value of which exceeds £4,000—
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(i) to two or more persons who, when the donations were made, were members of the same political party, or
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(ii) to one or more persons and to the political party of which such person or persons were members when the donations were made to them,
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shall furnish to the Public Offices Commission a written statement, in a form directed by that Commission, in respect of the preceding year, indicating—
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(iii) the aggregate value of the donations,
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(iv) the name of the political party concerned, and
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(v) the name, description and postal address of each person to whom the donations were made,
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whether or not the donations are subject to inclusion in a donation statement to be furnished by any of the persons to whom they were made.
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(b) Paragraph (a) shall not apply—
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(i) to donations made before the commencement of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1998, and
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(ii) to donations made by a company, trade union, society or building society referred to in section 26.
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(c) Notwithstanding section 22(2)(a), the gross value of a contribution referred to in subparagraph (vi) of that section shall be deemed to be a donation for the purposes of this subsection.”,
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and
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(c) in subsection (3) by the substitution of “subsection (1), (1A) or (2)” for “subsection (1) or (2)”.
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