Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012

Amendment of section 19A of Act of 1999.

30.— Section 19A (inserted by section 58(m) of the Act of 2001) of the Act of 1999 is amended by—

(a) substituting “€100” for “£100” in the definition of “third party”, and

(b) inserting the following definitions:

“ ‘company’ means a company established under the Companies Acts;

‘corporate donor’ means—

(a) a body corporate,

(b) an unincorporated body of persons, or

(c) a trust,

which makes a donation, and for the purposes of this definition a body corporate and any subsidiary thereof shall be deemed to be one person;

‘register of corporate donors’ means the register established under section 23D (inserted by section 14 of the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012) of the Act of 1997;”.