HC Deb 14 March 2000 vol 346 cc265-6

Amendments made: No. 72, in page 85, line 16, after "or", insert "other".

No. 73, in page 85, line 26, leave out from "records" to end of line 31 and insert— '(3A) Where any such records as are mentioned in subsection (1) or (3) are kept in electronic form, then—

  1. (a) the power of the Commission under subsection (1) to require any such records to be produced for inspection includes power to require a copy of the records to be made available for inspection in legible form (and subsection (2)(a) shall accordingly apply in relation to any copy so made available); and
  2. (b) the power of any person ("the inspector") under subsection (3) to inspect any such records includes power to require any person on the premises in question to give the inspector such assistance as he may reasonably require to enable him—
  1. (i) to inspect and make copies of the records in legible form or to make records of information contained in them, or
  2. (ii) to inspect and check the operation of any computer, and any associated apparatus or material, that is or has been in use in connection with the keeping of the records.'.

No. 74, in page 85, line 37, after second "to", insert— '(a)".

No. 75, in page 85, line 38, after "donee)", insert "or (b) a person who is (or has been) a candidate at an election (other than a local government election in Scotland) or the election agent for such a candidate,".

No. 76, in page 85, line 40, after "(2)", insert "(3A),".

No. 77, in page 85, line 43, after "obtaining", insert— '(a)".

No. 78, in page 85, line 47, at end insert— `or (b) such information or explanations relating to expenses incurred by or on behalf of candidates within paragraph (b) of that subsection as the Commission reasonably require for the purpose of monitoring compliance on the part of such candidates and their agents with the restrictions imposed by or by virtue of any enactment on the incurring of such expenses, as the case may be.'.

No. 79, in page 86, leave out line 11 and insert— 'or (in the case of such a party with accounting units) the central organisation of the party or any of its accounting units,'.—[Mr. Touhig.]

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