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		It was unlawful for example in an election campaign to include a programme about a constituency in which the candidate appeared on film in an election broadcast and in which the candidate gave his or her consent.
		At the 1997 general election, the referendum party challenged these criteria of the basis that they discriminated against new parties, such as them which is fielding in almost constituency.
		Election broadcasts by the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and Northern Ireland parties must be carried in peak-time (6pm to 10.30pm).
	www.lemac.co.uk /resources/publication/scottish_elections.html (3772 words)

	CCSR:"Review of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000" consultation - Personal Response ...
		Parties that do not receive a donation as large as £5,000 in a given week should not need to report that fact, since it could be inferred from the fact that no report has been made, and verified by the later quarterly report.
		It appears that under PPERA 2000 there is a loophole, whereby donations received between the end of the previous quarter and the announcement of the dissolution of Parliament do not need to be reported until the next quarterly report.
		Since all parties are normally able to anticipate the dissolution of Parliament, and the governing party can guarantee its ability to anticipate the dissolution, except in the rare case of the loss of a vote of confidence.
	www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk /staff/Ben/ppera2000-2-personal.html (1104 words)

	House of Commons - House of Commons Information Office: Frequently Asked Questions: The General Election 2001
		The Commission began its work on 30th November 2000 and was established under the provisions of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.
		The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act also provides for the corresponding bodies in Scotland and Wales to be transferred to the Commission with the agreement of the devolved legislatures.
		The Register of Political Parties came into force on the 16th February 2001 and is maintained by the Commission.
	www.parliament.uk /commons/lib/Ge-admin.htm (887 words)

	The Electoral Commission : Media centre : News releases: reviews and research
		The Electoral Commission was established on 30 November 2000 by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act.
		It is independent of Government and aims to ensure openness and transparency in the financial affairs of Britains political parties, and to increase public confidence and participation in the democratic process.
		The Political Parties Elections and Referendums Act 2000 requires permitted participants to submit accounts of spending of £250,000 or less by 3 months after close of poll and for more than that sum by 6 months after close of poll to The Electoral Commission.
	www.postalvotes.co.uk /media-centre/newsreleasereviews.cfm/news/452 (564 words)

	Ofcom Website \| Section 6 - Elections and Referendums
		To ensure that the special impartiality requirements in the Communications Act 2003 and other legislation relating to broadcasting on elections and referendums, are applied at the time of elections and referendums.
		For a parliamentary by-election, this period begins with the issuing of a writ or on such earlier date as is notified in the London Gazette.
		For the Scottish Parliament elections, the period begins with the dissolution of the Scottish Parliament or, in the case of a by-election, with the date of the occurrence of a vacancy.
	www.ofcom.org.uk /tv/ifi/codes/bcode/elections (1442 words)

	Elections: UK Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In November 2000 the UK Parliament set up the Electoral Commission as an independent body to help to increase public participation in British politics.
		The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 also prepared the ground for some changes in the way voting in the UK works.
		elections which look real and are as exciting as real elections but they are really only a trial to teach pupils what will happen when they are old enough to take part in real elections.
	www.learn-line.nrw.de /angebote/election/UKresources.html (632 words)

	pperansw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The controls on third party election expenditure set out in Part VI of the Act give effect to recommendations of the Neill Committee in their report on the funding of political parties in the United Kingdom.
		The limits on national election expenditure by third parties complement the long standing restrictions on local third party expenditure (in support of or in opposition to a particular candidate) contained in section 75 of the Representation of the People Act 1983.
		Election material is defined in section 85(3) of the Act and includes material that can reasonably be regarded as intended to promote or procure electoral success for one or more political parties or for a group of candidates who advocate particular policies.
	www.users.dircon.co.uk /~iits/newalliance/pperansw.htm (436 words)

	The Electoral Commission : Regulatory issues : Loans to political parties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA) requires parties to report to us the difference between the actual cost of a loan to the party, and the cost it would have borne had the loan been made on commercial terms where this is above the reporting threshold.
		Although the reporting of loans is not required under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act (PPERA) 2000, the Commission is urging parties to report details of all loans, on the same basis of donations.
		Under the voluntary code, political parties would report to the Commission all loans they have received above a certain threshold, (£5,000 for loans to head office and £1,000 for loans to accounting units), including details of the lender, the amount of the loan and the period of the loan.
	www.electoralcommission.gov.uk /regulatory-issues/loans.cfm (412 words)

	Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
		Acts of Parliament printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Controller of HMSO being the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament.
		It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Acts of Parliament does not extend to the Queen's Printer imprints which should be removed from any copies of the Act which are issued or made available to the public.
		Parties to be registered in order to field candidates at elections.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /acts/acts2000/20000041.htm (792 words)

	Catalyst - Trade union funding
		This report examines the case for the reform of party funding in the light of recent funding scandals, and in the aftermath of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, which came into force on 16 February 2001.
		Further reform should respect the existing structures of the political parties, and in particular the nature of the Labour Party which is a combination of affiliated (trade unions and socialist societies) and individual members.
		The Labour Party benefits from the stability and diversity which the unions bring to the Party, and from the support which the unions provide at election and other times: in terms of communications with electors and support for the Party and its candidates.
	www.catalystforum.org.uk /pubs/paper12.html (1071 words)

	"Review of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000" consultation - Response of the Centre ...
		It is appropriate that for each candidate (etc) the party colour is used as the background to the text of their name and any other details displayed on the primary vote selection screen.
		This might be achieved by allowing parties to nominate a second colour for text, but if this is done, colour combinations should be chosen which do not cause problems for people with colour-blindness, to prevent the introduction of disability discrimination.
		Further analysis of data from the focus groups indicates that where appropriate a change in background colour should indicate which options are selected (a feature of one version of the mock-up tested by our focus groups which was appreciated), or perhaps when a mouse (etc) is over that section of the screen.
	www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk /resources/general/responses/ppera2000.html (477 words)

	Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
		(5) In the case of a party with accounting units the person registered as the party's treasurer shall, in relation to the provisions of Part III, be responsible for compliance on the part of the party's central organisation (rather than of the party).
		(9) Where a person registered as treasurer of a registered party is convicted of an offence falling within subsection (8)(b), his appointment as treasurer of the party shall terminate on the date of the conviction.
		(c) in the case of such a party, the "central organisation" of the party is the central organisation referred to in that paragraph.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /acts/acts2000/00041--e.htm (3151 words)

	Referendums (Thresholds) Bill
		Amendment of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
		The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.
		This Act may be cited as the Referendums (Thresholds) Act 2004.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200304/cmbills/024/04024.1-i.html (177 words)

	Wear Valley District Council - Referendums
		The Local Government Act 2000 set out a major change in the way local authorities in England and Wales are run.
		Referendums are now regularly used by local councils to test public opinion on local issues.
		These referendums are not regulated by law and we have no responsibility for the conduct or other aspects of such referendums.
	www.wearvalley.gov.uk /index.cfm?articleid=4081 (342 words)

	BBC News \| UK POLITICS \| Party donors to be revealed
		Failure to reveal their sources of funding under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act is now a criminal offence.
		The new legislation requires parties to submit quarterly reports of all donations over £5,000 to main political party offices and over £1,000 to constituency or local party offices.
		The commission says it is contacting nine small political parties for not submitting their returns.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/1311461.stm (256 words)

	Constitution of the Lichfield, Burntwood & Tamworth Liberal Democrats" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Members of the Local Party who are also members of the Party’s Youth and Student Organisation may be restrained under the Party Constitution from exercising certain rights as members of the Local Party if they exercise equivalent rights as members of the Youth and Student Organisation.
		The Returning Officer shall be responsible for the receipt of nominations and for the preparation and distribution of ballot papers, their receipt and counting on return, and the declaration of the results.
		The objects of a Branch shall be to further the objects of the Local Party in the area covered by the Branch.
	www.lichfieldlibdems.org.uk /cnstitn.htm (4493 words)

	POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTIONS & REFERENDUMS ACT, 2000
		Parties will not be registered unless their `financial structure' has been approved by the Commission.
		Parties operating in Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland must register and conduct their affairs separately in both.
		Although local elections do not have their own expenditure limits, the spend must be rolled up into that allowed for a higher election (e.g.
	www.bullen.demon.co.uk /pperb.htm (1684 words)

	The Political Parties Elections and Referendums Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Local election campaign expenditure by a national party is not subject to this exercise unless a local election overlaps with a general election, in which case such expenditure must be added to that of the general campaign.
		Political activity includes internal party activity, including the promotion of policy development within the party, the promotion of candidates for internal party elections, and the promotion of candidates for selection.
		July 2001, Election candidates must not accept donations unless they are from “permissible donors”; returns of Election Expenses must include details of the source and amount of donations of £50 or more and must also detail donations received, but not accepted, from impermissible or unidentifiable donors.
	www.liberal.org.uk /electsdesk/ppera.htm (3011 words)

	Corruption Info
		The problem in the UK has been that parties are largely reliant a relatively small number of large donations, so that the potential influence of particular donors is proportionately large.
		However, continuing examples of parties being open to influence by donors has led to demands for tougher rules, or for parties to be wholly funded by the state.
		In the 2005 election campaign, it emerged that parties were avoiding disclosure by accepting long-term "loans".
	www.againstcorruption.org /BriefingsItem.asp?id=13373 (856 words)

	UK Indymedia - Did the Labour Party exceed expenditure limits for the 2005 General Election? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On 28th March, I reported possible criminal offences by the Labour Party in respect of election campaign expenditure during the 2005 General Election to New Scotland Yard.
		I wish to report that the Registered Treasurer(s) of the Labour Party appears to have committed a criminal offence under section 82(4)(b) of The Political Parties Elections and Referendums Act 2000 by delivering a return relating to the 2005 General Election that does not comply with the requirements of section 80(3)(a).
		I also wish to report that the Labour Party and its Registered Treasurer(s) appear to have committed criminal offences under section 79(2) of the same Act by very substantially exceeding the campaign expenditure limit for the 2005 General Election.
	www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2006/03/337063.html (549 words)

	Comments on referendum blueprint wanted
		The Government is seeking comments on the draft Conduct of Referendums Order, which will complete the framework for holding referendums in the United Kingdom under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.
		The draft Order provides referendum rules based on the Parliamentary Election Rules and is intended to provide a similar basic framework for running referendums.
		This Order is part of preparatory work to ensure that the generic legislation for the holding of a referendum in the United Kingdom under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 is completed in time for the proposed Regional Assembly referendums for which the Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Act 2003 has paved the way.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/page4283.asp (262 words)

	Political Parties Act: Your free speech under threat
		How the Act affects you - if you are part of a trade, community or campaigning group, or even a concerned private individual, the Blair Government has acted to limit your free speech on public issues.
		You do not have to be connected with a political party or have any election in mind.
		The Act is so complex and badly worded that we have sent over 20 questions to the Electoral Commissioners
	www.users.dircon.co.uk /~iits/newalliance/pperamn.htm (201 words)

	Not updated: UK Election Law, 2001
		After the 2001 election, responsibility for elections was transferred from the Home Office to the Dept for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, and subsequently to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
		Elections Act postponing the local elections, 10th April 2001
		Election Publications Act, 10th April 2001 postpones certain provisions of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act relating to election publications (i.e.
	www.psr.keele.ac.uk /area/uk/e01/elaw.htm (556 words)

	Fenland District Council: Referenda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 see related links (PPERA) establishes a fixed legal framework for the conduct of any referendum held across the UK, or a referendum held in Scotland, Wales, England or Northern Ireland.
		Further information on a mayoral referendum is available on The Electoral Commission see related links.
		The Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (England) Regulations 2000 (as amended) - Verification Figure
	fenland.gov.uk /ccm/content/democracy/referenda-724.en;jsessionid=aD... (347 words)

	The Electoral Commission : Regulatory issues
		Comply with the registration and financial regulatory requirements of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA).
		Comply with the statutory reporting requirements of the PPERA and the relevant parts of the Representation of People Act 1983 (RPA).
		Provide a central reference point where individuals and organisations can obtain advice and guidance on the registration and compliance requirements of the PPERA and the relevant parts of the RPA.
	www.postalvotes.co.uk /regulatory-issues/index.cfm/text (351 words)

	Referenda: Haringey Council
		Visit the Office of Public Sector Information website using the link at the bottom of this page to read the act in full.
		Use the link below to visit this site.
		Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA)
	www.haringey.gov.uk /tr/referenda_information.htm (384 words)

	Solihull Website - Referenda - general information
		The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA) establishes a fixed legal framework for the conduct of any referendum held across the UK, or a referendum held in Scotland, Wales, England or Northern Ireland.
		Further information on a mayoral referendum is available on The Electoral Commission website.
		Solihull Connect, Library Square, Solihull B91 3RG
	www.solihull.gov.uk /section.asp?catid=1306 (291 words)

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