Moved by
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
45B: After Clause 25, insert the following new Clause—
“Disclosure of status as a recognised third party
(1) Section 89 of PPERA (Register of notifications for purposes of section 88) is amended as follows.
(2) At end of heading insert “and third party disclosure of registered status”.
(3) After subsection (4) insert—
“(5) During a period in which a notification under section 88 is in effect and the Commission has entered details of the notification on the register in accordance with this section, a third party shall disclose its status as a recognised third party in a prominent place on the homepage of its website.
(6) For the purposes of subsection (5), a reference to a third party's “website” means any part of a website relating to that third party which that third party has caused or authorised to appear.
(7) Subsection (5) shall not apply where a third party does not have a website within the meaning of subsection (6).
(8) A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, they contravene subsection (5).””
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment requires registered non-party campaigners to disclose their status as such on a prominent place on their websites, so as to increase transparency for the public.