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Political Parties and Elections Act 2009

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 61 Cited in Amendments 125 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation2009 c. 12
(1) In the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) (“the 2000 Act”) section 145 (general function of Commission with respect to monitoring compliance with controls imposed by that Act etc) is amended as follows.(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(3) After subsection (6) there is inserted—
  • “(6A) The Commission may prepare and publish guidance setting out, in relation to any requirement referred to in subsection (1) , their opinion on any of the following matters—
  • (a) what it is necessary, or is sufficient, to do (or avoid doing) in order to comply with the requirement;
  • (b) what it is desirable to do (or avoid doing) in view of the purpose of the requirement.
what it is necessary, or is sufficient, to do (or avoid doing) in order to comply with the requirement;what it is desirable to do (or avoid doing) in view of the purpose of the requirement.(1) For section 146 of the 2000 Act there is substituted—
    (146) Investigatory powers of CommissionSchedule 19B makes provision about the investigatory powers of the Commission.
Schedule 19B makes provision about the investigatory powers of the Commission.(2) Before Schedule 20 to the 2000 Act there is inserted, as Schedule 19B, the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Act.(3) In Schedule 20 to the 2000 Act the following entries are inserted at the appropriate place—
    Paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 19B (failure to comply with investigation requirement) On summary conviction: Level 5
    Paragraph 13(2) of Schedule 19B (intentional obstruction of person exercising investigatory power) On summary conviction: Level 5
    Paragraph 13(3) of Schedule 19B (providing false information in purported compliance with investigation requirement) On summary conviction in England and Wales or Scotland: statutory maximum or 12 monthsOn summary conviction in Northern Ireland: statutory maximum or 6 monthsOn indictment: fine or 1 year
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