FOREIGN INTERFERENCE (COUNTERMEASURES)
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(12) Form 19 in the First Schedule to the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 is amended—
- (a) by deleting footnote 1 in Section C and substituting the following footnote:
- “1 Donations that need not be recorded in a donation report under the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 where a candidate is concerned.”;
- (b) by deleting footnote 5 in Section C and substituting the following footnote:
- “5 The expression “donation” has the meaning given by the definition of “political donation” in section 51 of the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021, and “value” in relation to a donation has the meaning given by sections 15 and 51 of that Act where a candidate is concerned.”;
- (c) by deleting footnote 4 in subsections (1) and (2) of Section D and substituting in each case the following footnote:
- “4 The expression “donation” has the meaning given by the definition of “political donation” in section 51 of the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021, and “value” in relation to a donation has the meaning given by sections 15 and 51 of that Act where a candidate is concerned.”; and
- (d) by deleting the words “Political Donations Act 2000” wherever they appear in Section D (except footnotes 4) and substituting in each case the words “Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021”.
Amendment of Presidential Elections Act 1991
125.—(1) Section 2(1) of the Presidential Elections Act 1991 is amended by inserting, immediately after the definition of “overseas polling station”, the following definition:
- “ “political donation certificate” means a political donation certificate issued under section 63(3) of the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 in respect of an election;”.
