C7C5C10C13C6C9Part VII Referendums

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Pt. 7 extended (Gibraltar) for the purposes of the European Union referendum (17.12.2015) by European Union Referendum Act 2015 (c. 36), ss. 12(2), 13(1)

C4C12Chapter II Financial controls

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Returns

I1C1C11C3C2C8123 Declaration of responsible person as to return under section 120.

1

Each return prepared under section 120 in respect of referendum expenses incurred by or on behalf of a permitted participant must be accompanied by a declaration which complies with subsection (2) and is signed by the responsible person.

2

The declaration must state—

a

that the responsible person has examined the return in question;

b

that to the best of his knowledge and belief—

i

it is a complete and correct return as required by law, and

ii

all expenses shown in it as paid have been paid by him or a person authorised by him.

3

The declaration must also state, in a case where the permitted participant either is not a registered party or is a minor party, that—

a

all relevant donations recorded in the return as having been accepted by the permitted participant are from permissible donors, and

b

no other relevant donations have been accepted by the permitted participant.

4

A person commits an offence if—

a

he knowingly or recklessly makes a false declaration under this section; or

b

subsection (1) is contravened at a time when he is the responsible person in the case of the permitted participant to which the return relates.

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In this section “relevant donation” has the same meaning as in Schedule 15.